The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. Adapted by William Goldman from his novel of the same name, it tells the story of a swashbuckling farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The film preserves the novel's metafictional narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather to his sick grandson.
Plot
A grandfather reads a novel to his sick grandson, who initially dismisses the story. The book is about Buttercup, a young woman living on a farm in the fictional kingdom of Florin. Whenever she tells farmhand Westley to do something, he always complies, saying, "As you wish", as his way of telling her he loved her. The two fall in love, and Westley leaves to seek his fortune overseas so they can marry; however, Westley is presumed dead after his ship is attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts.
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| author | William Goldman |
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| award | Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation |
| contentLocation | Central Europe |
| director | Rob Reiner |
| editor | Robert Leighton |
| events | sea piracy |
| genre | adventure comedy drama fantasy romance |
| keywords | attack dread pirate roberts drink duel fence folk healer inigo montoya kidnap kill masked man mostly dead murder obsess passionate kiss polydactyly presumed dead retire sicilian sicilian people six-fingered spaniard spanish sword duel taunt their way torture chamber tumble wed young woman |
| musicBy | Mark Knopfler |
| producer | Andrew Scheinman Rob Reiner |
| productionCompany | Act III Communications |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox Vestron Pictures |
| theme | children's romantic comedy romantic fantasy swashbuckler |