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<The Rohan villagers are drawing close to Helm’s Deep. Cries of relief are heard as the refuge is within sight.>

Refugees: Helm’s Deep! At last! There it is!

Old Woman: <To Éowyn> We’re safe, my lady! Thank you!

<Éowyn embraces the woman and they walk on towards Helm’s Deep. The gate is opened for the villagers. Many have already taken refuge within and are resting along the passage. Éothain and Freda run towards their mother.>

Freda: Mama!

Morwen: Éothain! Freda!

<The three hug and cry with joy. Théoden and company returns from the battle with warg riders>

Gamling: Make way for Théoden!

Soldiers: Sire!

Gamling: Make way for the king!

<Éowyn rushes down to meet them>

Éowyn: <Looking about> So few. So few of you have returned.

Théoden: <Dismounting> Our people are safe. We have paid for it with many lives.

Gimli: <Going up to Éowyn> My lady...

Éowyn: Lord Aragorn, where is he?

Gimli: He fell...

<Éowyn is shaken and raises teary eyes to Théoden. The latter looks down and then walks away, confirming her unasked question.>



<At the battlements>

Théoden: Draw all our forces behind the wall. Bar the gate, and set a watch on the surround.

Gamling: What of those who cannot fight, my lord? The women and children?

Théoden: Get them into the caves. <Walks down the steps and past a sewer gate> Saruman's arm would have grown long indeed if he thinks he can reach us here.

<Camera zooms in on the gate>

Gríma (V.O.): Helm’s Deep has one weakness. Its outer wall is solid rock but for a small culvert at its base which is little more than a drain.

<Camera turns to Gríma and Saruman at Orthanc. Saruman is pouring some dark dry substances into a vessel. Gríma is holding a lit candle in his hand.>

Gríma: How? How can fire undo stone? What kind of device could bring down the wall?

<As he steps closer to the vessel, Saruman takes hold of Gríma’s hand and pushes the candle away from the vessel firmly.>

Saruman: If the wall is breached, Helm's Deep will fall.

<He walks away towards the balcony.>

Gríma: <Following Saruman> Even if it is breached, it would take a number beyond reckoning, thousands to storm the keep.

Saruman: Tens of thousands.

Gríma: But, my lord, there is no such force.

<Both of them came onto the balcony of the tower. Gríma suddenly sees and hears the enormous armies laid out below in neat rows and is astounded and awed. He continues to hold the extinguished candle aloft as he gapes at the vast army below. A horn is sounded, announcing the appearance of Saruman. A loud cheer is heard from the army. Saruman raises a hand.>

Saruman: A new power is rising. Its victory is at hand!

<The army cheers and roars.>

Saruman: This night, the land will be stained with the blood of Rohan! March to Helms Deep! Leave none alive!

<The camera keeps zooming out from the balcony over the incredible size of Saruman’s army, past Uruk-hai, spears, and banners and yet more Uruk-hai. The camera focuses back on Saruman who then raises his hands in the air>

Saruman: To war!!

<The army cheers and roars even louder.>

Saruman: <Sneers> There will be no dawn for Men.

<A tear flows down Gríma’s cheek. The Uruk-hai army began their march to Helm’s Deep.>

jag gillar sarumans krigstal synd att han är bortklippt från trean.

Effektiv scen och det är snyggt gjort. Christopher Lee gör en mycket bra insats här

Tyckte det var lite sorgligt när Grima fäller en tår, han är ju inte ond egentligen... Det såg så mäktigt ut för honom att se den stora armén.

Är det med i den "vanliga" versionen? Kommer inte ihåg att jag sett det...

Jo, det har jag för mig att det är... Det är ganska diskret så man får titta noga.

Det var en mäktig scen.

jag hade inte heller lagt märke till att gríma "fäller en tår", inte förrän förra gången jag såg filmen (som var kanske sjunde gången). fast då var det inte ens jag, utan en kompis som påpekade det. det fick mig att se på gríma med en aning andra ögon faktiskt..

Instämmer. Han är en fantastisk skådespelare.