The Princess Bride

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 is kidnapped by a band of bandits: Vizzini who works on his wits, and his two associates, a giant named Fezzik who works on his brawn, and a Spaniard named Inigo Montoya, who has trained himself his entire life to be an expert swordsman. They in turn are chased by the Dread Pirate Roberts himself. But chasing them all is the Prince, and his men led by Count Tyrone Rugen. What happens to these collectives is dependent partly on Buttercup, who does not want to marry the Prince, and may other options as lesser evils, and partly on the other motives of individuals within the groups. But a larger question is what the grandson will think of the story as it proceeds and at its end, especially as he s justice as high a priority as action. Written by Huggo The Princess Bride is a 1987 American English-language Adventure Family film starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Andr The Giant and Derek Pykett. The movie is inspired from The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Act III Communications in association with Buttercup Films and The Princess Bride Ltd. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman. The Princess Bride is written by William Goldman and directed by Rob Reiner. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Princess Bride was released on 9th October 1987 and takes a screen time of 98 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The Princess Bride was made on a budget of $16 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by William Goldman. Cinematography was done by Adrian Biddle and editing by Robert Leighton. The music was composed by Mark Knopfler.