Climbing for Three

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=85 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="005dba33.gif"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us"><U><IMG SRC="006ef530.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="83" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> |    back to:  <A HREF="http://www.frodolivesin.us/nonlotr/id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.frodolivesin.us/nonlotr/id39."><U><B>Going Back for Sarah</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Decision at the Ark"><U>Decision at the Ark</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Searching for Sarah"><U>Searching for Sarah</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Together Again"><U>Together Again</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Saying Goodbye"><U>Saying Good-bye</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id7.htm" 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just an excuse I came up with to make the scene work.  She must be in a state of shock.  Leo's thought about and planned this rescue and knows just what's happening and what he's trying to do.  Sarah, OTOH, was suddenly snatched away from her parents knowing they're about to die, with no preparation and really no knowledge about what's going to happen.  It seems the only way she's been able to cope so far is to check out of reality.  We'll see it more on her face when we get to some close-ups, but here we can see it in her hanging back, refusing to move, even </B>turning to look back<B>.  Leo doesn't have time at the moment to be concerned with her mental state; he has to get himself and her </B><I>up the hill</I><B>.  Which he does, with little or no help from her.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I don't know if this was purposefully thought out during casting, but Elijah and Leelee make a good couple for this scene (in some movies I assume everything that works was planned; in this movie, OTOH...).  A tallish, strong, well-built girl (she's not fat, but she's not an emaciated fashion model), and a guy who's more slightly-built and a little shorter.  If we had a "typical" Hollywood couple here, the guy would probably just pick up the girl and carry her up the hill (maybe with her slung over his shoulder).  But Leo isn't able to do that, and IMHO it's a lot more realistic this way.   </B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="more_of_gbfs5_top"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <B>1</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0c303570.jpg" border=0 width="771" height="343" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>2</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0c4e3570.jpg" border=0 width="739" height="343" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>3</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0c5c2560.jpg" border=0 width="706" height="342" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>4</B></div> <div> <B><IMG 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