The Passing of the Elves (scene)

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The Passing of the Elves
Scene from
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Elves leaving Middle-earth.jpg
Scene number11 (extended edition only)
Duration 1:40
Event Frodo and Sam see Wood-elves passing through the Shire.
Characters Frodo, Samwise
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The Passing of the Elves is the eleventh scene of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition). This scene was not featured in the theatrical release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

Frodo and Sam are at a camping site in the forest in the evening. While Sam is cooking food over a fire, they hear Wood-elves singing in the distance and run to see them. The Elves are walking in a solemn procession on their way to the Grey Havens. Sam says it makes him sad that the Elves are leaving Middle-earth.

Later, when Frodo and Sam have bedded down for the night, Sam complains about lying on the ground among tree roots, to Frodo's amusement.

A Black Rider is briefly seen in an empty landscape of the Shire. In the theatrical edition of the film, this shot was included in The Shadow of the Past.

Differences[edit | edit source]

This scene is not directly based on anything in The Fellowship of the Ring, but may be inspired by the episode in the chapter Three is Company in which Frodo and his companions meet a party of wood-elves led by Gildor.[1] It is also said that Sam "believed he had once seen an Elf in the woods."[2] There is also a reference to the discomfort of sleeping on the ground: "Frodo woke up first, and found that a tree-root had made a hole in his back, and that his neck was stiff."[3]

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