Snow White and the Huntsman


 * [first lines]
 * The Huntsman: [voice over] Once upon a time, in deep winter, a queen was admiring the falling snow, when she saw a rose blooming in defiance of the cold. Reaching for it, she pricked her finger and three drops of blood fell. And because the red seemed so alive against the white, she thought, if only I had a child as white as snow, lips as red as blood, hair as black as a raven’s wings and all of the strength of that rose. Soon after, a daughter was born to the queen and was named, Snow White. And she was adored throughout the kingdom, as much for her defiance as for her beauty.
 * [as we see Queen Eleanor looking ill, young Snow White enters her room carrying an injured bird]
 * Young Snow White: We found it in the woods, it’s injured, mother.
 * Queen Eleanor: It must have broken its wing. Don’t worry, it will heal in time.
 * Young Snow White: I’ll look after it.
 * Queen Eleanor: You possess rare beauty, my love. Here.
 * [she touches Snow’s chest, indicating her heart]
 * Queen Eleanor: Never lose it. It will serve you well when you become queen.
 * The Huntsman: [voice over] The next winter was the harshest in memory as Snow White’s mother passed away. The king was inconsolable. Taking advantage of his grief, a dark and mysterious army appeared and lured him into battle. The Dark Army was defeated, but what would soon come to pass was far darker.
 * [after the king’s army destroys the Dark Army, the king and his men find a single prisoner chained inside a carriage]
 * King Magnus: Fear not, you will come to no harm from me or my men. What is your name, my lady?
 * Ravenna: Ravenna, sire.
 * The Huntsman: [voice over] So enchanted by her beauty was the king, that he forgot for the first time his broken heart, and the very next day, she would become his wife.
 * [young Snow White watches Ravenna getting dressed for her wedding ceremony]
 * Young Snow White: You’re so beautiful.
 * Ravenna: That’s kind, child. Especially when it is said that yours is the face of true beauty in this kingdom. Come.
 * [Snow White comes towards Ravenna]
 * Ravenna: This all must be difficult for you, I too lost my mother when I was a young girl. I can never take your mother’s place, ever. But I feel that you and I are bound. I feel it there, your heart.
 * [Snow White smiles]
 * [on their wedding night, Magnus and Ravenna in their bed]
 * King Magnus: You’ll be the ruin of me.
 * Ravenna: Indeed, my lord.
 * [Magnus starts kissing her]
 * Ravenna: I was ruined by a king like you once. I replaced his queen, an old woman. And in time, I too would have been replaced. Men use women, they ruin us and when they are finished with us they throw us to their dogs like scraps.
 * [suddenly Magnus starts choking]
 * King Magnus: Forgive me.
 * Ravenna: When a woman stays young and beautiful, the world is hers.
 * [she rolls Magnus over and sits on top of him, holding a knife]
 * Ravenna: First I will take your life, my lord. And then I’ll take your thrown.*
 * [she stabs Magnus in the chest, killing him, she then opens the gates to the castle allowing her army to enter, led by her brother Finn]
 * Ravenna: Welcome, brother.
 * Finn: My queen.
 * The Huntsman: [voice over] She had tricked her way into the kingdom with a phantom army. She now welcomed a very real one.
 * [as Ravenna’s army captures the castle, Snow White wakes up to find her father dead, she tries to flee with Duke Hammond tries and his son William, but she is snatched from the back of his horse and only the Duke and William escape and Snow White is imprisoned]