One Good Deed Deserves a Lover by Merry Farmer

Denethor attends the Council of Elrond with his son. Gandalf's account of his time at Orthanc was pulled out of flashback and Lothlórien was cut, with Galadriel doing what she does in the story at Rivendell. The Nazgul skewer Barliman Butterbur and Wargs attack the Hobbits near Weathertop. Sam, Merry and Pippin are all caught eavesdropping behind the door and forced to go along with Frodo. Gandalf is more frail and has given up pipe-smoking, and Gimli's dialogue contains several vulgarities. In this version, Farmer Maggot and Fatty Bolger appear.

Sinclair left the project due to theatrical obligations. It took 13 to 14 months to write the two film scripts, which were 147 and 144 pages respectively. Sinclair's partner, Philippa Boyens, was a major fan of the book and joined the writing team after reading their treatment. You just need to read this summary from Wikipedia (all quotes from that page, any emphasis is added by me):ĭuring mid-1997, Jackson and Walsh began writing with Stephen Sinclair. if he doesn’t use every skill in his arsenal to track down the real killer.

When a murder takes place right under Archer’s nose, police suspicions rise against the ex-convict, and Archer realizes that the crime could send him right back to prison. The indebted man has a furious grudge against Hank and refuses to pay Hank’s clever mistress has her own designs on Archer and both Hank and Archer’s stern parole officer, Miss Crabtree, are keeping a sharp eye on him. Soon Archer discovers that recovering the debt won’t be so easy. Within a single night, his search for gainful employment – and a stiff drink – leads him to a local bar, where he is hired for what seems like a simple job: to collect a debt owed to a powerful local businessman, Hank Pittleman.

The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer’s years serving in the war or his time in jail. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of do’s and a much longer list of don’ts: do report regularly to his parole officer, don’t go to bars, certainly don’t drink alcohol, do get a job–and don’t ever associate with loose women.

One Good Deed Deserves a Lover by Merry Farmer