I had never heard of it until 2005, when I was sharing my classroom for one period with another teacher. I just stayed in it while she taught her class. She showed the movie and I started watching it and got hooked. I think I enjoyed it even more than her kids. As a matter of fact, I just bought a DVD of it in one of those $5 Wal Mart bins.
Surprisingly, the kid Peter Falk was reading the story to, Fred Savage, of "The Wonder Years" fame was not there.
I always though the addled, speech-challenged clergyman who officiated the wedding ceremony was one of the members of Monty Python, but it was Peter Cook.
Some more great quotes:
Count Ruger, the six-fingered-- "Stop saying that!"
Fezzik, "You've been mostly dead all day."
Valerie to Miracle Max, "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife."
Yellun: "I have no gate key."
Inigo, "Fezzik, tear his arms off!"
Yellum, "Oh, you mean this gate key."
No Doubt, This Was One Funny Movie. --Cooter
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Not Inconceivable! "Princess Bride" Cast Reunites After 25 Years
From the Oct. 5, 2012, Chicago Tribune by Rebecca Keegan.
"Twenty-five years after 'The Princess Bride' first stormed theaters, director Rob Reiner, writer William Goldman and cast members Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Carol Kane, Wallace Shawn and Chris Sarandon reunited for the New York Film Festival last week for a boisterous screening of the quotable fantasy-comedy timed to the release of the movie on Blu-Ray.
Writer Goldman admitted to wanting to write a sequel to it, but hasn't come up with one.
"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to Die."
Then, there was Billy Crystal ad-libbing many of his lines as Miracle Max.
Sadly, Fezzik, Andre the Giant, is now gone as is the kindly grandfather who read the story to his grandson,
"As You Wish."
Beware of the Swamp and the Dread Pirate Roberts. --Cooter
"Twenty-five years after 'The Princess Bride' first stormed theaters, director Rob Reiner, writer William Goldman and cast members Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Carol Kane, Wallace Shawn and Chris Sarandon reunited for the New York Film Festival last week for a boisterous screening of the quotable fantasy-comedy timed to the release of the movie on Blu-Ray.
Writer Goldman admitted to wanting to write a sequel to it, but hasn't come up with one.
"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to Die."
Then, there was Billy Crystal ad-libbing many of his lines as Miracle Max.
Sadly, Fezzik, Andre the Giant, is now gone as is the kindly grandfather who read the story to his grandson,
"As You Wish."
Beware of the Swamp and the Dread Pirate Roberts. --Cooter
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