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The movie was directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Goldman. The story is presented in the movie as a fairy tale being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage), thus echoing the book's narrative style. Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, childrens advocate and political activist. ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... Peter Michael Falk (born September 16, 1927) is an American actor. ... Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor and television and film director. ...

This film is number 50 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies." It is consistently placed in the Internet Movie Database's Top 250 list of films, with over 82,000 votes.^[1] This article is about the U.S. cable network. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...

Taglines

• Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity, Battling Rodents of Unusual Size, Facing torture in the Pit of Despair. - True love has never been a snap.
• It's as real as the feelings you feel.
• Heroes. Giants. Villains. Wizards. True Love.
• Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.
• She gets kidnapped. He gets killed. But it all ends up okay.

Plot synopsis

The main narrative of the movie is framed by a scene between a grandson (Fred Savage) and a grandfather (Peter Falk). The grandson is home ill, and the grandfather has come to read him a story. The plot of the movie is the enactment of the story as it is being read, which is sometimes interrupted by comments by the grandson and grandfather. This resembles the original book, wherein the author presents a fictionalization of his own darkly comic or lightly tragic relationships with the book, his father, and his wife. Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor and television and film director. ... Peter Michael Falk (born September 16, 1927) is an American actor. ...

In a Renaissance-era fairy-tale world, a beautiful woman called Buttercup (Robin Wright) lives on a farm in the fictional country of Florin. She delights in verbally abusing the farm hand boy Westley (Cary Elwes) by demanding that he perform chores for her. Westley's only answer is "As you wish," which represents his great affection for her. After Buttercup realizes the true meaning of the words, as well as the fact that she returns his love, Westley leaves to seek his fortune so they can marry. He promises to return, but Buttercup later receives word that his ship was attacked at sea by the Dread Pirate Roberts, who is notorious for taking no prisoners. Five years later, believing Westley to be dead, Buttercup becomes reluctantly engaged to Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon), heir to the throne of Florin. This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ... Robin Virginia Wright-Penn (born April 8, 1966) is an American film actress who first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barbara. ... Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born October 26, 1962) is an English actor credited as Cary Elwes, best known for his performances in The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Saw. ... The Dread Pirate Roberts was a fictional pirate in the novel and movie, The Princess Bride. ... A year (from Old English gēr) is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ... Prince Humperdinck is the villain of William Goldmans 1973 comic adventure novel, The Princess Bride. ... Chris Sarandon as Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride Chris Sarandon (born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. ...

Before the wedding, Buttercup is kidnapped by a trio of outlaws: the short Sicilian criminal genius Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), the ambidextrous Spanish fencing master Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), and the enormous and mighty Turk Fezzik (André the Giant). A masked man in black follows them across the sea and up the Cliffs of Insanity; Vizzini orders Inigo to stop him. Inigo arranges a fair fight, allowing his opponent to rest before the duel, during which Inigo reveals that he is seeking revenge on a six-fingered man who killed his father. The man in black wins their duel, but leaves the Spaniard alive. Vizzini, stunned, orders Fezzik to kill the Man in Black. Fezzik, also honorable, throws a rock as a warning, and challenges the man in black to a wrestling match. The Man in Black chokes Fezzik until the giant blacks out from lack of oxygen. A genius is a person of great intelligence. ... Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943), sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American actor and playwright. ... Inigo Montoya (far right) storming Humperdincks castle with Westley and Fezzik. ... Mandel Bruce Patinkin (born November 30, 1952) is a Tony Award winning and Emmy Award winning American actor of stage and screen, as well as a renowned tenor. ... André René Roussimoff (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993), best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. ... For other uses, see Mask (disambiguation). ...

The Man in Black catches up with Vizzini, who holds Buttercup hostage. The man in black then challenges Vizzini to a battle of wits, which Vizzini accepts. The man in black produces a vial of "iocane powder" (a fictitious, undetectable poison), takes two goblets of wine behind his back as if to poison one of them, then instructs Vizzini to choose a goblet. Vizzini uses his logic to deduce which cup is poisoned, drinks from one and dies. The man in black then reveals to Buttercup that he had poisoned both, but he was not affected because he had built an immunity to iocane powder.

Westley and Buttercup emerge from the Fire Swamp.

With Prince Humperdinck's rescue party in hot pursuit, the man in black flees with Buttercup, and upon further questioning reveals to her that he is the Dread Pirate Roberts, Westley's murderer. Enraged, she shoves him down a gorge, yelling "You can die too for all I care!" only to hear him call "As you wish!" She realizes that he is Westley, who tells her that the Dread Pirate Roberts did attack his ship, but kept Westley alive after hearing the depths of his love for Buttercup. Westley signed on as his apprentice, learning to sail, fence, and fight. Eventually, Roberts secretly passed his name, captaincy, and ship to Westley. Image File history File links PrincessBride05. ... Image File history File links PrincessBride05. ...

Westley and Buttercup travel through the feared Fire Swamp to evade Humperdinck's party, surviving the explosions of flaming gas from the ground; a fall into the quicksand-like substance known as "lightning sand"; and an attack by the huge, carnivorous "Rodents Of Unusual Size". On exiting the swamp, they are captured by Humperdinck and his menacing six-fingered vizier Count Tyrone Rugen (Christopher Guest). Buttercup negotiates for Westley's release and is returned to the palace to await her wedding. Rugen has no intention of releasing Westley, but takes him to the Pit of Despair, where he is first cared for by the Albino (Mel Smith), then tortured. This article is about the human congenital disorder (disease). ... For the Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, see Christopher Guest, Baron Guest. ... Mel Smith Mel Smith is an English actor, film director, writer, producer born in London on December 3, 1952) He attended New College, Oxford. ...

Buttercup later undergoes several nightmares regarding her marriage to the prince. She expresses her unhappiness to Humperdinck, who proposes a deal: he will send out four ships to locate Westley, but if they fail, Buttercup will marry him. Humperdinck secretly reveals that he arranged Buttercup's kidnapping in order to start a war with neighboring country Guilder, but her safe return won the affection of the people, so it will be better propaganda if she is strangled on her wedding night. For other uses, see Propaganda (disambiguation). ...

On the day of the wedding, Inigo and Fezzik meet by chance while Fezzik takes part in a royal decree to empty the city's slum. Inigo learns of the existence of Count Rugen and decides he must kill him. Therefore, they seek out the Man in Black, hoping that his wits (which Inigo decides must have beaten the absent Vizzini) will help them overcome the guards. Buttercup learns that Humperdinck never sent the ships, and taunts him with her enduring love for Westley. Enraged, he tortures Westley to death. Westley's screams draw Inigo and Fezzik to the scene; upon finding Westley's dead body, they enlist the help of Miracle Max (Billy Crystal), a magician who had worked for Humperdinck's father before the prince expelled him. Max is initially reluctant to help, but changes his mind to spite Humperdinck. He pronounces Westley to be merely "mostly dead" and resurrects him, though Westley remains partly paralyzed for most of the rest of the film. For the American political commentator, see William Kristol. ...

Westley devises a successful plan to invade the castle during the wedding. Upon hearing the resulting commotion, Humperdinck finishes the ceremony abruptly. Buttercup decides to commit suicide as soon as she reaches the honeymoon suite. Inigo pursues Rugen through the castle and finally kills him, repeating throughout a much-rehearsed challenge: "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Westley reaches Buttercup before she commits suicide and assures her that her marriage is a sham, since she never made any vows. Still partly paralyzed, he bluffs his way out of a swordfight with Humperdinck. Instead of killing his rival, Westley decides to leave him alone with his cowardice. The party rides off into the sunset on white horses conveniently discovered by Fezzik. Since Westley no longer wishes to be the Dread Pirate Roberts, he suggests transferring the position and title to Inigo, who, having avenged his father, now needs a new purpose in life.

The grandfather, having finished telling the story, gets up to leave. Before he goes, the grandson—who started out not wanting to hear the story at all—asks the grandfather to come back to read it to him again the following day. The grandfather replies, "As you wish."

Cast

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Filming

The Cliffs of Insanity are actually the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland.

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• Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England
• Castleton, Derbyshire, England
• Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland (for the Cliffs of Insanity)
• Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin learned to fence (both left- and right-handed) for the film, reportedly spending all their free time during the production practicing with an instructor and with each other. They performed all of the fencing in the swordfight scene; the only stunt doubles used were for the two somersaults.^[2] This amount of time spent practicing came in handy for Elwes, who later starred—and used his fencing skills—in the film Glory and in the Mel Brooks movie Robin Hood: Men In Tights, notably against Roger Rees, and even going so far as to call out, 'Parry, parry, thrust, thrust—good!'. Burnham Beeches is an area of ancient woodland, located close to the towns of Slough and Beaconsfield, in an area approximately 20 miles(30 km)to the west of London, England. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... This article is about the English village. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Looking north towards OBriens Tower The Cliffs of Moher (Aillte an Mhothair, Cliffs of the ruin) are located in the parish of Liscannor at the south-western edge of The Burren area near Doolin, which is located in County Clare, Republic of Ireland. ... County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ... Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England (2002) For other uses, see Haddon Hall (disambiguation). ... Bakewell is a small market town in Derbyshire, England, deriving its name from Badecas Well. According to the UK 2001 census the civil parish of Bakewell had a population of 3,979. ... This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ... Glory is a 1989 Academy Award-winning drama based on the history of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment during the American Civil War. ... Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is an Academy Award-winning American director, writer, comedian, actor and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. ... Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1993) is a film parody of the story of Robin Hood, particularly parodying Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. ... Roger Rees Roger Rees (born on May 4, 1944) is a British-American actor. ...

André the Giant had undergone major back surgery prior to filming, and despite his great size, could not support the weight of the much lighter Cary Elwes or Robin Wright for a scene at the end of the movie. For the wrestling scene, when Elwes was pretending to hang on André's back, he was actually walking on a series of ramps below the camera during close-ups. For the wide shots, a stunt double took the place of André; on close examination, it is apparent that the double is much smaller than André.^[3] André René Roussimoff (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993), best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. ...

André the Giant had trouble with both the speed and clarity of his lines, prompting Mandy Patinkin to actually slap him in the face to get him to concentrate harder. In the first script reading, Patinkin slapped Andre in the face and screamed at him, "Faster, Fezzik!" It worked. ^[4]

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In the As You Wish documentary in the Special Features section, it is stated that one of the few injuries in the making of the film was a bruised rib from trying not to laugh too loud at Billy Crystal's joke (Crystal was actually on camera).^{[citation needed]} For the American political commentator, see William Kristol. ...

Reception

The movie was initially a modest success, though not a huge blockbuster, grossing twice its $15,000,000 (USD) production costs at the U.S. box office. It received highly favorable reviews from some critics, including Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel who gave the film a "two thumbs up" rating on the television program Siskel & Ebert & the Movies. Roger Ebert also wrote a very favorable print review.^[5] Richard Corliss of TIME felt the film was fun for the whole family.^[6] and later, TIME listed the film as one of the "Best of '87".^[7] The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ... Eugene Gene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was one of the worlds most successful film critics. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper is a movie review television program featuring film critic Roger Ebert and columnist Richard Roeper, both of the Chicago Sun-Times. ... Richard Corliss is a writer for Time magazine who focuses on movies, with the occasional article on music or sports, and has distinguished himself for his clever way with words. ... Look up time in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Over the years, the film's reputation has grown and it has become a cult film, with frequent television and occasional big-screen showings. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted The Princess Bride the 38th-greatest comedy film of all time. In 2006, William Goldman's screenplay was selected by the Writers Guild of America as the 84th best screenplay of all time. The film has a percentage of 95 on Rotten Tomatoes, with a Cream of the Crop percentage of 86. A cult film is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. ... Total Film, published by Future Publishing, is the United Kingdoms second best-selling film magazine, after the longer-established Empire from Emap. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Musical adaptation

Tony Award-winning composer Adam Guettel spent much of 2006 working with William Goldman on a musical adaptation of The Princess Bride. The project was abandoned in February 2007 after Goldman reportedly demanded 75 percent of the author's share, even though Guettel was writing both the music and the lyrics.^[8] Some of Guettel's music for the production has since surfaced in concert performances and workshops. What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Adam Guettel (pronounced Gettle; b. ...

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was originally released by Warner Bros. Records in November 1987. It was co-written and recorded by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, the only person whom director Rob Reiner felt could create a soundtrack to capture the film's quirky yet romantic nature. Reiner was an admirer of Knopfler's work but did not know him before working on the film – he sent the script to him hoping he would agree to score the movie. Knopfler agreed on one condition: that somewhere in the film Rob Reiner include the USS Coral Sea baseball cap he wore as Marty DiBergi in This is Spinal Tap. Reiner was unable to produce the original cap, but did include a similar cap in the grandson's room. Later Knopfler said he was joking. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A film score is a set of musical compositions written to accompany a film. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... “WB” redirects here. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. ... Comfort and Joy is a soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler for the film of the same name by Bill Forsyth, released in 1984. ... Cover of the 1988 Grove Press reissue of Last Exit to Brooklyn Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. ... Warner Bros. ... Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, childrens advocate and political activist. ... Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Coral Sea, commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II. The first Coral Sea (CVE-57) was an escort aircraft carrier named Alikula Bay during construction, renamed just before launching in 1943, renamed to Anzio a... This article is about the quasi-fictional heavy metal band. ...

The song "Storybook Love" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 60th Academy Awards. 60th Academy Awards Hosts Preshow: Show: Crew Producer: Director: Duration Network The 60th Academy Awards were presented April 29, 1989 at the Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles. ...

Track listing

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1. "Once upon a Time...Storybook Love" – 4:00
2. "I Will Never Love Again" – 3:04
3. "Florin Dance" – 1:32
4. "Morning Ride" – 1:36
5. "The Friends' Song" – 3:02
6. "The Cliffs of Insanity" – 3:18
7. "The Swordfight" – 2:43
8. "Guide My Sword" – 5:11
9. "The Fire Swamp and the Rodents of Unusual Size" – 4:47
10. "Revenge" – 3:51
11. "A Happy Ending" – 1:52
12. "Storybook Love" (composed and performed by Willy DeVille) – 4:24

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Rights issues

The film was released by 20th Century Fox in North America, and internationally by what was then Vestron Pictures. When it was first issued on home video, Fox lost all but the television rights, and to the present day Fox remains the TV distributor. Domestically, the ancillary rights ended up changing hands and eventually became part of the Epic Productions package acquired by MGM, so today it is the latter studio that is responsible for most rights. Ironically, Fox (the original theatrical distributor) today acts as distributor for the MGM video library. Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... Vestron Pictures was a film studio and distributor of the late 1980s, and a division of Austin Fursts Vestron Inc. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ...

What became Lionsgate still holds international rights to the film outside North America. Lions Gate redirects here. ...

Home video history

20th Anniversary DVD cover, with ambigram title

In North America, the film was released on VHS and laserdisc in 1988 by Nelson Entertainment, the latter being a "bare bones" release and in unmatted full screen. In 1989, The Criterion Collection also released a bare bones matted widescreen version on laserdisc, supplementing it with liner notes. Criterion re-released the laserdisc as a "Special Edition" in 1997, this time in widescreen and including an audio commentary by Rob Reiner, William Goldman, Andrew Scheinman, Billy Crystal, and Peter Falk; excerpts from the novel read by Rob Reiner; behind the scenes footage; a production scrapbook by unit photographer Clive Coote; design sketches by production designer Norman Garwood; and excerpts from the television series Morton and Hayes, directed by Christopher Guest. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An animation of a rotationally symmetric ambigram for the word ambigram An ambigram, also sometimes known as an inversion, is a graphical figure that spells out a word not only in its form as presented, but also in another direction or orientation. ... Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ... Not to be confused with disk laser, a type of solid-state laser in a flat configuration. ... Mattes are used in photography and filmmaking to insert part of a foreground image onto a background image, which is often a matte painting, a background filmed by the second unit, or computer generated imagery. ... The Criterion Collection logo The Criterion Collection is a privately held company that distributes authoritative consumer versions of important classic and contemporary films on DVD. It was established in 1984 as a joint venture between Janus Films and the Voyager Company. ... Liner notes are the booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or any sound recording container. ... Reefer Madness was issued in a Special Addiction as a reference to the cult films ironic appeal. ... The inner box (green) is the format used in most pre-1952 films and pre-widescreen television. ... On a DVD (or laserdisc), an audio commentary is a bonus track consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers, who talk about the movie as it progresses. ...

By 2000, MGM had acquired some rights to the film (as part of the aforementioned "Epic Productions" package) and released the film on VHS and DVD. The DVD release featured the soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 and both wide and full screen versions as well as the theatrical trailer. In 2001, the film was re-released by MGM as a widescreen "Special Edition" and included two audio commentaries—one by Rob Reiner and the other by William Goldman, "As You Wish," "Promotional" and "Making Of" featurettes, a "Cary Elwes Video Diary", the US and UK theatrical trailers, four television spots, a photo gallery, and a collectible booklet. MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Celluloid media Featurette is a term used in the American film industry to designate a film of approximately 3-4 reels length, or about 20-44 minutes in running time - thus midway between a short subject and a feature film; thus it is a small feature (ette is a common...

In 2006, MGM released a two-disc set with varying covers—the "Dread Pirate Edition" and the "Buttercup Edition"—but identical features. In addition to the features in the previous release were the "Dread Pirate Roberts: Greatest Legend Of The Seven Seas", "Love Is Like A Storybook Story", and "Miraculous Make Up" featurettes, "The Quotable Battle Of Wits" game and Fezzik's "Guide To Florin" booklet. A year later, for the 20th anniversary of the film, MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment have planned a rerelease of movie for November 13, 2007 with flippable cover art featuring the title displayed in an ambigram. This DVD did not include any of the bonus features from the older editions, but had new short featurettes and a new game. 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... An animation of a rotationally symmetric ambigram for the word ambigram An ambigram, also sometimes known as an inversion, is a graphical figure that spells out a word not only in its form as presented, but also in another direction or orientation. ...

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References

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External links

• The Princess Bride on the Internet Movie Database
• Reconstructivist Art: The Princess Bride
• Princess Bride Script