Home | Literature Index | Movies & Broadway Index | Television Index | Music Index | Miscellaneous Index | Submit Your Own
FADE FROM BLACK: Int. of Barad-Dur - day
GOLLUM (chained in front of Sauron's desk, facing the
camera)
We beliveses in Mordor, don't we my precious? Mordor
made us what we are are today. We tried to keep the
precious in the Mordor fashion. We gave it its freedom.
If it slipped off our finger from time to time we did't
protest. But last year, while Smeagol was catching a
nice juicy fish, along comes a fat nasty hobbit and
steals the precious! Thief! Baggins! We hates it, we
hates it forever!
[Gollum breaks down. Sauron motions to an orc, and the
orc gives Gollum a drink.]
So we searches for it, but the nasty thief gets away,
doesn't he my precious? So we say to ourselves, "for
justice, we must go to Don Sauron!"
SAURON (sitting behind his desk, idly petting a newly-hatched
fell beast)
Why didn't you come to me first? We've known each other
many years, but this is the first time you came to me
for counsel, for help. I can't remember the last time
that you invited me to your cave for a nice crunchable
fish. But let's be frank here: you never wanted my friendship.
You were afraid to be in my debt.
GOLLUM
Poor Smeagol didn't want to get into trouble.
SAURON
I understand. You found paradise under the Misty Mountain,
had a good trade, found plenty of fish and grubs. You
didn't need a friend of me. But now you come to me and
you say, "Don Sauron give me justice." But you don't
ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't
even think to call me Ringfather.
GOLLUM (Kisses Sauron's hand, being careful to avoid
the stump.)
We will swear to do whatever he wants, yes, yess, Ringfather.
SAURON
Good. Some day, and that day may never come, I'll call
upon you to do a service for me. But until that day,
accept this justice as my gift. And, uh, stay away from
Mount Doom.
GOLLUM (as he's led out of the room by orcs)
Grazie, Ringfather!
SAURON
Prego.
[then, to an orc, after Gollum has left]
Give this to, ah, the Nazgul. I want reliable people,
people that aren't gonna be carried away. I'm mean,
we're not mrderers, despite of what this fish-eater
says.