Production Companies New Line Cinema, WingNut Films, Lord Dritte Productions Deutschland Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG (in association with), The Saul Zaentz Company (licensor) (d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises)
Other Titles • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King • The Return of the King
Quotes from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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Gandalf: Go back to the abyss! Fall into nothingness that awaits you and your master! Witch King: Do you not know death when you see it, old man? This is my hour!
(44 votes)
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Aragorn: Behold! The sword of Elendil!
(34 votes)
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Saruman: Shall we not take council as we once did? Shall we not have peace? Theoden: We shall have peace... We shall have peace when you answer for the burning of the Westfold! When you answer for the children who lie dead on the plains! For the soldiers who were hewn even as they lay dead! We shall have peace when you hang from a gibbit for the sport of your own crows! Saruman: Gibbits and crows! DOTARD! And what do *you* want, Gandalf? The keys of Orthanc? Or perhaps the keys of Barad-Dur itself? And the crowns of the seven kings and the rods of the five wizards?
(31 votes)
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Sam: [Both are overcome by exhaustion] Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries? Frodo: No, Sam. I can't recall the taste of food... nor the sound of water... nor the touch of grass. I'm... naked in the dark. There's... There's nothing. No veil between me and the wheel of fire. I can see him... with my waking eyes. Sam: Then let us be rid of it... once and for all. Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you.
(29 votes)
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Aragorn: Hold your ground, hold your ground. Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!*
(30 votes)
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Sam: It must be getting near tea-time, leastways in decent places. Gollum: We're not *in* decent places.
(5 votes)
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Faramir: I do not believe this darkness will endure.
(3 votes)
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Aragorn: For Frodo.
(3 votes)
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The Mouth of Sauron: My master, Sauron the great, bids thee welcome. Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me? Gandalf: We do not wish to treat with Sauron. Faithless. Tell your master that the armies of Mordor are to disperse. He is to leave these lands, never to return. The Mouth of Sauron: Ahh, old grey beard. I have a token I was bidden to show thee. [pulls out Frodo's mythril vest and throws it at them] Pippin: [heartbroken] Frodo... Gandalf: Be silent! Pippin: Frodo! The Mouth of Sauron: Ahhh, the halfling was dear to thee I see. Know that he suffered greatly at the hands of his host. Who knew that one so small could endure so much pain? And he DID Gandalf, he did. [pause; Aragorn rides towards the Mouth of Sauron] The Mouth of Sauron: What's this? Isildur's heir? Hmph! It takes more to make a king that a broken elvish blad - - [Aragorn decaptitates the Mouth of Sauron with a swift stroke of his sword Anduril] Aragorn: I do not believe it! I will not!
(3 votes)
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Aragorn: We have time. Every day Frodo moves closer to Mordor. Gandalf: Do we know that? Aragorn: What does your heart tell you? Gandalf: That Frodo is alive. Yes. Yes, he's alive.
(2 votes)
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Aragorn: I do not fear death.
(2 votes)
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Gimli: They have no honor in life. They have none now in death.
(2 votes)
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Gandalf: [to Pippin] Now, listen carefully. Lord Denethor is Boromir's father. To give him news of his beloved son's death would be most unwise. And do not mention Frodo, or the Ring. And say nothing of Aragorn either. In fact, it's better if you don't speak at all, Peregrin Took.
(2 votes)
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Theoden: Eomer. Take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling, follow the King's banner down the center. Grimbold, take your company right, after you pass the wall. Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise. Arise, Riders of ThÈoden. Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered. A sword day... a red day... ere the sun rises. Eowyn: What ever happens, stay with me. I'll look after you. [the King rides past his men, hitting their spears with his sword as he goes] Theoden: Ride now... Ride now... Ride. Ride for ruin and the world's ending. [He stops and prepares to face Sauron's army] Theoden: Death. Rohirrim: Death. Theoden: Death. Rohirrim: Death. Theoden: DEATH. Eowyn, Merry: Death. Theoden: Forth, Eorlingas.
(2 votes)
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Pippin: [from extended version] [to himself] Pippin: *WHAT* were you thinking, Peregrin Took? What service could you offer to such a mighty lord of men? Faramir: It was a great gesture. Good intentions should not be checked by cold council. So, you have joined the tower guard? Pippin: I didn't think they would find a uniform to fit me. Faramir: This once belonged to a young, foolish boy, who spent more time slaying dragons than doing his studies. Pippin: This was yours? Faramir: Yes. My father had it made for me. Pippin: Well, I'm taller than you were then. Though I'm not likely to grow anymore... except sideways. [both laugh]
(2 votes)
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Gamling: He leaves because there is no hope. Theoden: He leaves because he must. Gamling: Too few have come. We cannot defeat the armies of Mordor. Theoden: No we cannot. But we will meet them in battle nonetheless.
(2 votes)
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Merry: [triumphantly, as Mount Doom erupts] Frodo! Frodo!
(1 vote)
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Theoden: I know your face... Eowyn. My eyes darken. Eowyn: No, no. I'm going to save you Theoden: You already did... Eowyn. My body is broken. You have to let me go. I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed. Eowyn...
(1 vote)
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Eomer: Now is the hour! Riders of Rohan! Oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all, to lord and land!
(1 vote)
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Sam: I don't think there's gonna be a return journey, Mr. Frodo.
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[first lines] Deagol: Smeagol, I've got one! I've got a fish, Smeag. Smeagol! Smeagol: Pull it in. Go on. Go on. Go on. Pull it in.
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Aragorn: I summon you to fulfill your oath. King of the Dead: None but the king of Gondor may command me. [Swings sword; Aragorn blocks him with the sword of Anduril] King of the Dead: The blade was broken Aragorn: It has been remade. [pause] Aragorn: Fight for us... and regain your honor.
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Denethor: No tomb for Denethor and Faramir. No long, slow sleep of death embalmed. We shall burn, like the heathen kings of old. Bring wood and oil.
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Denethor: Can you sing, Master Hobbit? Pippin: Well... yes. At least, well enough for my own people. But we have no songs for great halls and... evil times. Denethor: And why should your songs be unfit for my halls? Come, sing me a song.
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[Gollum is attacking Frodo] Frodo: You swore! You swore on the precious! Smeagol promised! Gollum: Smeagol lied.
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The Mouth of Sauron: And who is this? Isildur's heir? It takes more to make a king than a broken Elvish blade! [Aragorn cuts off the head of the Mouth of Sauron] Gimli: Guess that concludes negotiations...
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Sam: [Frodo stops walking] Mr. Frodo? What is it? Frodo: Just a thought... I don't think I'm going to be returning. Sam: Of course you are. That's just morbid thinking, that is.
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Aragorn: You shall not enter the realm of Gondor.
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Eowyn: Courage, Merry, courage for our friends.
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Smeagol: ...and take it for ME. Gollum: For us. Smeagol: Yes, we... we meant for us.
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Denethor: Is there a captain here who still has the courage to do his lord's will? Faramir: You wish now that our places had been exchanged... that I had died and Boromir had lived. Denethor: Yes. [whispering] Denethor: I wish that. Faramir: Since you are robbed of Boromir... I will do what I can in his stead. [Bows and turns to leave] Faramir: If I should return, think better of me, Father. Denethor: That will depend on the manner of your return.
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Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men. Elrond: I Aear c?n ven na mar. [Elvish: The Sea calls us home] Bilbo: I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure. [Climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel gets on boat with Celeborn] Gandalf: Farewell... my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say, Do not weep... not all tears are an evil. [Heads to the ship, then turns around, waiting] Gandalf: It is time, Frodo. Sam: What does he mean? Frodo: We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved. But not for me. Sam: You don't mean that. You can't leave.
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Theoden: I have left instruction. The people are to follow your rule in my stead. Take up my seat in the Golden Hall. Long may you defend Edoras if the battle goes ill. Eowyn: What other duty would you have me do, my lord? Theoden: Duty? No... I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come. You shall live to see these days renewed. No more despair.
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Gandalf: He's suffered a defeat, yes, but... behind the walls of Mordor, our enemy is regrouping. Gimli: Let him stay there. *Let him rot!* Why should we care? Gandalf: Because 10,000 Orcs now stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. I've sent him to his death. Aragorn: No. There is still hope for Frodo. He needs time... and safe passage across the plains of Gorgoroth. We can give him that. Gimli: How? Aragorn: Draw out Sauron's armies. Empty his lands. Then we gather our full strength and march on the Black Gate. Eomer: We cannot achieve victory through strength of arms. Aragorn: Not for ourselves. But we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us. Keep him blind to all else that moves. Legolas: A diversion. Gandalf: Sauron will suspect a trap. He will not take the bait.
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Eowyn: I will kill you if you touch him! Witch King: Do not come between the Nazgul and his prey.
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Sam: You will not touch him again!
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Sam: There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale by Bilbo Baggins, and The Lord of the Rings by Frodo Baggins. You finished it Frodo: Not quite. There's room for a little more.
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Pippin: Is there any hope, Gandalf, for Frodo and Sam? Gandalf: There never was much hope. Just a fool's hope.
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Gollum: Wake up. Wake up. Wake up, sleepies. We must go, yeeees, we must go at once. Sam: Haven't you had any sleep, Mr. Frodo? [Frodo shakes his head] Sam: I've gone and had too much... it must be getting late. Frodo: No, it's not. It's not midday, yet. The days are growing darker. Gollum: We must go. Sam: Not until Mr. Frodo has had something to eat. Gollum: No time to lose, silly. Sam: [Gives Frodo lembas bread] Here, eat this. Frodo: What about you? Sam: I'm not hungry. Leastways, not for lembas bread. Frodo: Sam... Sam: Alright... we don't have that much left. You go ahead and eat that, Mr. Frodo. I've rationed it... there should be enough left. Frodo: For what? Sam: The journey home.
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Sam: Give me your hand. Take my hand. Don't you let go. Don't let go... Reach
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Sam: You miserable little maggot. I'll stove your head in!
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Frodo: I need you on my side. Sam: I'm on your side Mr Frodo. Frodo: I know you are Sam.
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Sam: I heard it from his own mouth! He means to murder us! Gollum: Never! Smeagol wouldn't hurt a fly!
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Witch King: You fool. No man can kill me. Die now. Eowyn: I am no man.
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[as he kills the three Orcs guarding Frodo] Sam: That's for Frodo! And for the Shire! *And that's for my old Gaffer!*
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Pippin: Gandalf, forgive me. Gandalf: Look at me. What did you see? Pippin: A tree. There was a white tree in a courtyard of stone. It was dead. The city was burning. Gandalf: Minas Tirith? Is that what you saw? Pippin: I saw... I saw him. I can hear his voice in my head. Gandalf: What did you tell him? Speak! Pippin: He asked me my name. I didn't answer. He hurt me. Gandalf: What did you tell him about Frodo and the Ring?
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Pippin: I offer you my service, such as it is, in payment of this debt. Gandalf: Get up. My Lord, there will be a time to greive for Boromir, but it is not now. War is coming. The enemy is on your doorstep. As steward, you are charged with the defense of this city. Where are Gondor's armies? You still have friends. You are not alone in this fight. Send word of Theoden of Rohan. Light the Beacons.
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Gandalf: Frodo has passed beyond my sight. The darkness is deepening. Aragorn: If Sauron had the Ring, we would know it. Gandalf: It's only a matter of time.
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Witch King: Send forth all legions. Do not stop the attack until the city is taken. Slay them all. Gothmog: What of the wizard? Witch King: I will break him.
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Elrond: You're outnumbered, Aragorn. You need more men. Aragorn: There are none. Elrond: There are those who dwell in the mountain. Aragorn: Murderers. Traitors. You would call upon them to fight? They believe in nothing. They answer to no one. Elrond: They will answer to the king of Gondor. [pulls out Anduril] Elrond: Anduril, Flame of the West, forged from the shards of Narsil. Aragorn: Sauron will not have forgotten the sword of Elendil. The blade that was broken shall return to Minas Tirith. Elrond: The man who can wield the power of this sword can summon to him an army more deadly than any that walks this earth. Put aside the ranger. Become who you were born to be. Take the Dimholt Road. [pause] Elrond: I give hope to men. Aragorn: I keep none for myself.
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