The Princess Bride
A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).
- Director:Rupert Wainwright
- Genre:Comedy / Family
- Runtime:90 minutes
Cast
Cary Elwes : Westley
Mandy Patinkin : Inigo Montoya
Chris Sarandon : Prince Humperdinck
Christopher Guest: Count Tyrone Rugen
Wallace Shawn : Vizzini
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The film is an enactment of the following story read by a sick boy’s grandfather (Falk) as the boy (Savage) sits in bed listening, framed and occasionally interrupted by scenes of the reading.
A beautiful young woman named Buttercup (Wright) lives on a farm in the fictional country of Florin. When she orders the farmhand Westley (Elwes) to do chores for her, he answers “As you wish.” Eventually she realizes he loves her and admits her love for him. Westley leaves to seek his fortune so they can marry, but his ship is attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts.
Five years later, believing Westley is dead, Buttercup reluctantly agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck (Sarandon), heir to the throne of Florin. Before the wedding, she is kidnapped by three outlaws: a puny Sicilian boss named Vizzini (Shawn), a gigantic wrestler named Fezzik (André the Giant), and a Spanish fencing master named Inigo Montoya (Patinkin), who seeks revenge against a man with six fingers on his right hand who killed his father. The outlaws are pursued by Prince Humperdinck with some soldiers, and also by a masked man in black.
The man in black catches up to the outlaws at the top of the Cliffs of Insanity, where he defeats Inigo in a duel and knocks him unconscious, chokes Fezzik until he blacks out, and kills Vizzini by tricking him into drinking poison. When he tells Buttercup he is Roberts, she becomes enraged at him for killing Westley and shoves him into a gorge, but she realizes he is Westley himself when he replies “As you wish!” She dives into the gorge after him, and they flee through the dangerous Fire Swamp. When they are captured on the other side by Humperdinck and his sadistic six-fingered vizier Count Rugen (Guest), Buttercup agrees to return with Humperdinck in exchange for Westley’s release, but Humperdinck secretly orders Rugen to lock Westley in the castle torture chamber. Read more
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