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The Princess Bride
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The Princess Bride
The narrative of the movie is framed by a scene featuring a boy sick in bed (Fred Savage) and his grandfather (Peter Falk). (It is obvious that this scene takes place near Chicago, due to the many Chicago sports souvenirs in the boy's bedroom; and due to the fact that William Goldman grew up in Highland Park, a Chicago suburb.) The plot of the movie is the enactment of the story as it is being read, which is interrupted by comments from the grandson and grandfather.A beautiful woman named Buttercup (Robin Wright) lives on a farm in the fictional country of Florin. She delights in ordering the farm hand Westley (Cary Elwes) to perform chores for her. Westley's only answer is "As you wish." Eventually Buttercup realizes his true affection for her, and she returns his love. Westley leaves to seek his fortune so that they can marry, but Buttercup later receives word that his ship was attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts, who is notorious for taking no prisoners. Five years later, believing Westley to be dead, Buttercup is reluctantly engaged to Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon), heir to the throne of Florin.
Before the wedding, Buttercup is kidnapped by a trio of outlaws: the Sicilian criminal genius Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), the Spanish fencing master Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), and the gigantic Turkish wrestler Fezzik (André the Giant). They are pursued by a masked man in black. Inigo, who is seeking revenge on a six-fingered man who killed his father, duels the man in black but is knocked unconscious and thus defeated. Next, the man in black wrestles Fezzik and chokes the giant until he blacks out. The man in black catches up with Vizzini, who is holding Buttercup hostage, and proposes a battle of wits. Vizzini is tricked into drinking poison, and subsequently dies.
The man in black reveals that he is the Dread Pirate Roberts, Westley's murderer. Enraged, Buttercup shoves him into a gorge, yelling "You can die too, for all I care!" only to hear him call, "As you wish!" She realizes that he is Westley, who tells her that the Dread Pirate Roberts attacked his ship, but made Westley his apprentice after hearing of the depths of his love for Buttercup; eventually, Roberts secretly passed Westley his name and captaincy. The couple travel through the feared Fire Swamp to evade Humperdinck's rescue party, but upon exiting, they are captured by Humperdinck and his menacing six-fingered vizier Count Tyrone Rugen (Christopher Guest). Buttercup agrees to return with Humperdinck in exchange for Westley's release, but instead he is brought to Rugen's torture chambers.
Buttercup expresses unhappiness regarding her marriage, and Humperdinck claims he will send ships to locate Westley, but if they fail, Buttercup will marry him. Humperdinck reveals that although he arranged Buttercup's kidnapping to start a war with the country of Guilder, it will be better propaganda if she dies on her wedding night.
On the day of the wedding, Inigo learns about Rugen from Fezzik and decides to kill Rugen, so they seek out the man in black, hoping that his wits will help them overcome the guards. Buttercup learns that Humperdinck never sent the ships, and taunts him with her enduring love for Westley. Enraged, he tortures Westley to the state of 'mostly dead'. Inigo and Fezzik find Westley's body and bring it to the magician Miracle Max (Billy Crystal), who revives Westley to satisfy his grudge against Humperdinck. Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik invade the castle, and Humperdinck orders the wedding ceremony cut short. Inigo pursues Rugen through the castle and kills him. Westley reaches Buttercup, who has decided to commit suicide, and assures her that her marriage is a sham because she never made any vows. Still partly paralyzed, he bluffs his way out of a sword fight with Humperdinck. As the party rides off on white horses conveniently discovered by Fezzik, Westley offers the role of Dread Pirate Roberts to Inigo, who has avenged his father and needs a new purpose in life.
The story finished, the grandfather gets up to leave. The grandson-who had grown more interested throughout-asks his grandfather to read it to him again the following day. The grandfather replies, "As you wish."
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- BigGirlBlue BigGirlBlue Sep 12, 2008 @ 11:10 pm
- Mandy Patinkin was hilarious in this movie.
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