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The Princess Bride (1987)
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Director:
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Rob Reiner
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William Goldman
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18 September 1987 (Canada) more
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Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family
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Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity, Battling Rodents of Unusual Size, Facing torture in the Pit of Despair. - True love has never been a snap.
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Storyline
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing. |
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The Director
Rob Reiner
Robert Norman "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and political activist.
As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's (played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton, respectively) son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s. As a director, Reiner was recognized by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) with nominations for Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally..., and A Few Good Men. He was trained at the UCLA Film School.
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User Reviews
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The Princess Bride
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Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!This is one of my three all-time favorite movies, and I'm not really sure why. Everything just works. Rob Reiner, the director, nailed it. Peter Falk and Fred Savage nailed it. Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, and Andre the Giant nailed it. Christopher Guest totally nailed it with his villain-with-the-flat-affect characterization of heartless, truly heartless, evil. Even Mark Knopfler nailed the score.
How can you not love a movie with the characters "The Ancient Booer" and "The Assistant Brute." I've watched it several times since it came out, and it draws me in every time. It's a truly iconic fantasy.
My current theory on why the movie works so well is that the characters seem to respect each other. The Dread Pirate Roberts, Inigo, and Fezzik not only respect each other as adversaries, they seem even to care while they are adversaries, making their morph into friends completely credible. It's ensemble acting at a high level, and it makes it almost necessary for us the viewers to care about them, too.
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reviewed by philip (Filmaster.com) on the 12th of July 2011
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A much funnier and less annoying parody of fairy tales than that god damn Shrek. I don't count it among my favorites, though.