Princess Bride (1987) USA
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Director:Rob Reiner
Studio:MGM (Video & DVD)
Writer:William Goldman, William Goldman
Rating:8.1 (310,522 votes)
Rated:PG
Date Added:2017-04-06
ASIN:B0049M7BES
UPC:883904233916
Price:$19.99
Awards:Nominated for 1 Oscar, Another 7 wins & 8 nominations
Genre:Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Release:2011-01-04
IMDb:0093779
Collection ID:0341
Duration:98
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English
Rob Reiner  ...  (Director)
William Goldman, William Goldman  ...  (Writer)
 
Cary Elwes  ...  Westley
Mandy Patinkin  ...  Inigo Montoya
Chris Sarandon  ...  Prince Humperdinck
Christopher Guest  ...  Count Rugen
Wallace Shawn  ...  Vizzini
AndrĂ© the Giant  ...  Fezzik (as Andre the Giant)
Fred Savage  ...  The Grandson
Robin Wright  ...  The Princess Bride
Peter Falk  ...  The Grandfather
Peter Cook  ...  The Impressive Clergyman
Mel Smith  ...  The Albino
Carol Kane  ...  Valerie
Billy Crystal  ...  Miracle Max
Anne Dyson  ...  The Queen
Margery Mason  ...  The Ancient Booer
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Summary: An elderly man reads the book "The Princess Bride" to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations. The grandson is sure he won't like the story, with a romance at its core, he preferring something with lots of action and "no kissing". But the grandson is powerless to stop his grandfather, whose feelings he doesn't want to hurt. The story centers on Buttercup, a former farm girl who has been chosen as the princess bride to Prince Humperdinck of Florian. Buttercup does not love him, she who still laments the death of her one true love, Westley, five years ago. Westley was a hired hand on the farm, his stock answer of "as you wish" to any request she made of him which she came to understand was his way of saying that he loved her. But Westley went away to sea, only to be killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts. On a horse ride to clear her mind of her upcoming predicament of marriage, Buttercup...