Princess Bride, The
Princess Bride, The | ||
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Director: | Rob Reiner | Actors: | Cary Elwes (as Westley), Mandy Patinkin (as Inigo Montoya), Chris Sarandon (as Prince Humperdinck), Christopher Guest (as Count Tyrone Rugen), Wallace Shawn (as Vizzini), André the Giant (as Fezzik (as Andre the Giant)), Fred Savage (as The Grandson), Robin Wright Penn (as Buttercup/The Princess Bride (as Robin Wright)), Peter Falk (as The Grandfather), Peter Cook (as The Impressive Clergyman), Mel Smith (as The Albino), Carol Kane (as Valerie), Billy Crystal (as Miracle Max), Anne Dyson (as The Queen), Margery Mason (as The Ancient Booer) | Country: | USA | Category: | Fantasy | Year: | 1987 |
| Description: | Return to a time when men and swamps were swamps. Fire Swamps, that is. Full of quicksand and Rodents of Unusual Size. Lagoons were inhabited by shrieking eels. And the most beautiful woman in the world was named . . . Buttercup? Well, it's a bent fairy tale. Complete with all the fencing, chasing, escapes, and silly accents you'd expect. Including such unique folk as Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), who has dreamt his whole life of finding the six-fingered man who killed his father. Andre the Giant as his enormous sidekick. And Billy Crystal as the kvetching miracle man, Max. Blonde Buttercup loves Westley, a poor stable boy. But when he's captured by pirates, she's chosen by evil Prince Humperdinck to be his princess bride. Along the way, she gets kidnapped, he gets killed. But it all ends up okay. | Comments: | Since visiting IMDB, I've been prompted to think about my favorite movies. I have a short list of films that are particularly clever in one of the cinematic arts. But I have two that strike me as perfectly entertaining stories. This is one. Oh, the other values of filmmaking are fine here, but what makes this stand out is excellence in the simple art of storytelling. Also as I enjoy self-reference, I like the frame of the grandfather telling the story to a sick child. |
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