Elijah Wood credited as playing...
Frodo
- 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, with 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!
- Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men.
- Elrond: [in Elvish] The Sea calls us home.
- Bilbo: [smiling] I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure!
- [Bilbo climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel follows 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, for 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: [weeping] You don't mean that. You can't leave.
- Frodo: [hands Sam the Red Book] The last pages are for you, Sam.
- Frodo: [voiceover] And thus it was. A fourth age of middle-earth began. And the fellowship of the ring... though eternally bound by friendship and love... was ended. Thirteen months to the day since Gandalf sent us on our long journey... we found ourselves looking upon a familiar sight. We were home. How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold. Bilbo once told me his part in this tale would end... that each of us must come and go in the telling. Bilbo's story was now over. There would be no more journeys for him... save one. My dear Sam. You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Your part in the story will go on.
- Frodo: [after destroying the Ring] I can see the Shire. The Brandywine River. Bag End. The Lights in the Party Tree.
- Sam: Rosie Cotton dancing. She had ribbons in her hair. If ever I were to marry someone, it would have been her. It would have been her.
- [sits down and begins to cry]
- Frodo: [leans over and hugs him] I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee, here at the end of all things.
- Sam: FRODO!
- Frodo: I'm here, Sam.
- Sam: Destroy it!
- [Frodo holds the ring on its chain over the edge of the pit]
- Sam: Go on! Now! Throw it in the fire!
- [Frodo stares at the ring, the ring whispers to him]
- Sam: What are you waiting for? Just let it go!
- [Frodo turns and looks at Sam]
- Frodo: The ring is mine.
- [He snaps the chain and approaches the ring to his finger]
- Sam: No... no...
- [Frodo slips the ring on and vanishes]
- Sam: NO!
- Sam: 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 or touch of grass... I'm naked in the dark, with nothing. No veil between me and the ring 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! Come on!
- [He picks Frodo up and starts carrying him up the slopes of Mount Doom]
- 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.
- Frodo: My dear Sam. You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Your part in the story will go on.
- Bilbo: Tell me again, lad... where are we going?
- Frodo: To the harbor, Bilbo. The elves have accorded you a special honor; a place on the last ship to leave Middle Earth.
- Bilbo: Frodo... Any chance of seeing that old ring again? Hmm? The one I gave you?
- Frodo: I'm sorry, uncle... I'm afraid I lost it.
- Bilbo: Oh... Pity. Should have liked to have held it one last time.
- 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 isn't. It isn't midday, yet. The days are growing darker.
- Gollum: Come on! We must go, no time!
- Sam: Not before Mr. Frodo's had something to eat.
- Gollum: [impatiently] No time to lose, silly!
- Sam: [Gives Frodo lembas] Here.
- Frodo: What about you?
- Sam: Oh, no, I'm not hungry. Leastways, not for lembas bread.
- Frodo: Sam...
- Sam: All right... we don't have that much left. We have to be careful, we don't want to run out. You go ahead and eat that, Mr. Frodo. I've rationed it... there should be enough.
- Frodo: Enough for what?
- Sam: The journey home.