The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie Script - Book One, Chapter IV
A Shortcut to Mushrooms
Scenes 1 and 2
 
NOTE: 
Like "Lord of the Rings" in the banner above, these pages were designed to be viewed in the 'Flat Brush' font.  If your computer doesn't show them that way, right click on this link and save the file to your 'C:\WINDOWS\FONTS' folder.
 

Scene 1:  Frodo/Sam meet Merry/Pippin, Encounter with a Black Rider
                  (Click HERE for the associated images)
 
Sam: Mr. Frodo?  Frodo??  Frodo!!
I thought I'd lost you...
 
Frodo: What are you talking about?
 
Sam: It's just sumpthin' that Gandalf said...
 
Frodo: What did he say?
 
Sam: Don't you lose him, Samwise Gamgee, and I don't mean to.
 
Frodo: Sam, we're still in the Shire - what could possibly happen...

(Pippin and Merry burst out of the corn and bowl over Sam and Frodo)
 
Pippin: Frodo!  Merry, it's Frodo Baggins!
 
Merry: Hullo, Frodo!
 
Sam: Get off him...

What's the meaning of this?
 
Pippin: Hold these  (He loads Sam up with stolen veggies)
 
Sam: You've been into Farmer Maggot's crops...
 
Farmer Maggot:  
(ranting offscreen)
Hey you, stay off my fields...
 
Merry: I don't know why he's so upset,
it was only a couple of carrots
 
Pippin: ...and some cabbages ...and those three bags of potatoes that we lifted last week ...and then the mushrooms the week before.
 
Merry: Yes, Pippin, my point is, he's clearly over-reacting.

(they get to the edge of the cliff and stop, until Sam bumps into them, then they all tumble down the slope)
 
Pippin: Ooh, that was close...
 
Merry: I think I've broken something
 
Sam: Trust a Brandybuck and a Took
 
Merry: What?  That was just a detour, a shortcut...
 
Sam: A shortcut to what?
 
Pippin: Mushrooms!

(Frodo senses something on the road)
 
Frodo: I think we should get off the road...

Get off the road!  Quick!

(they hide down in some tree roots;  the Black Rider comes up then gets off his horse and bends down.  Insects crawl out of the woodwork;  Frodo is tempted to put on the ring.  Sam stops him, then Merry tosses something and the Rider leaves)
 
Merry: What was that?
 

Scene 2:  Race to the Bucklebury Ferry   (Click HERE for the associated images)
 
Dusk: (various shots of black Riders and horses in the woods)
 
Frodo: Anything?
 
Merry: Nothing...
 
Pippin: What is going on?
 
Merry: That black rider was looking for something... or someone...
Frodo?
 
Pippin: Get down!
 
  (Black Rider appears silhouetted against the light)
 
Frodo: I must leave the Shire
Sam and I must get to Bree
 
Merry: Bucklebury Ferry - follow me...
 
  (the Black Rider shows up in front of Sam and Frodo)
 
Merry: This way!  Follow me!
 
Pippin: Get the ropes, Sam
 
Sam: Frodo!  Run Frodo!  Frodo!
 
Frodo: Go!  (He wants them to cast off)
 
  (Frodo leaps onto the raft, landing in a heap
on top of Sam and Pippin.
The Black Rider and his horse scream to a halt at the end of the little dock, then turn and go back up to join two other riders.  All three of them gallop off to the North)
 
Frodo: How far to the nearest crossing?
 
Merry: Brandywine Bridge... 20 miles.
 

 
Click HERE to go to the next page (Scene 1, Chapter IX, Book One)
Click HERE to return to the previous page (Scene 1, Chapter III, Book One)
Click HERE to go up to the top of this page (Scene 1, Chapter IV, Book One)
 

.
  Table of Contents - Scene by Scene | Home | Movie Cast | Movie Links
 

 
This page last updated on: 
April 17th, 2002

Problems or Questions?  Contact the webmaster
Site designed and maintained by Quintessential Websites
Copyright © 2002 - All rights reserved

Images courtesy New Line Cinema and various Internet sites
(see Movie Links page)
For personal enjoyment only (Not to be reused for commercial purposes)
Proud to be a:


 
Web hosting provided by: