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, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Robin Wright. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel, 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. The film was first released in the United States on September 25, 1987, and was well received by critics at the time. After only having modest initial box-office success, it has over time become a cult film and gained recognition as one of the best films of the 1980s as well as one of Reiner's best works. The film is number 50 on the Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies", number 88 on The American Film Institute's (AFI) "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions" list of the 100 greatest film love stories, and 46 in Channel 4's 50 Greatest Comedy Films list. The film also won the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. In 2016, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
This is not fair. Grandpa, Grandpa, wait. Wait. What did Fezzik mean, "He's dead"? I mean, he didn't mean dead. Westley's only faking, right? You want me to read this or not? - Who gets Humperdinck? - I don't understand. Who kills Prince Humperdinck? At the end. Somebody's gotta do it. Is it Inigo? Who? Nobody. Nobody kills him. He lives. You mean he wins? Jesus, Grandpa! What did you read me this thing for? You know, you've been very sick, and you're taking this story very seriously. I think we ought to stop now. No, I-I'm okay. I'm okay. Sit down. I'm all right. Okay. All right, now, let's see. Where were we? Oh, yes.
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Beat it, or I'll call the brute squad. - I'm on the brute squad. - You are the brute squad. We need a miracle. It's very important. Look, I'm retired. And besides, why would you want someone the king's stinking son fired? I might kill whoever you wanted me to miracle. He's already dead.
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Sir? - Huh? - We're in a terrible rush. Don't rush me, sonny. You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. - You got money? - Sixty-five. Sheesh! I never worked for so little. Except once, and that was a very noble cause. This is noble, sir. His wife is crippled. His children are on the brink of starvation. Are you a rotten liar. I need him to help avenge my father, murdered these 20 years. Your first story was better. Where's that bellows cramp? He probably owes you money, huh? Well, I'll ask him. He's dead. He can't talk. Ooh-hoo-hoo! Look who knows so much, huh? Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Please, open his mouth. Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. Now, all dead... Well, with all dead, there's usually only one thing that you can do. What's that? Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
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True love. True love. You heard him. You could not ask for a more noble cause than that. Eh, sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world, except for a nice MLT... mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, when the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe. They're so perky. I love that. But that's not what he said. He distinctly said, "To blave." And as we all know, "to blave" means "to bluff." Huh? So you were probably playing cards, and he cheated... Liar! Liar! Liar! - Get back, witch! - I'm not a witch! I'm your wife! But after what you just said, I'm not even sure I want to be that anymore. - You never had it so good. - "True love." He said "true love," Max. - Don't say another word, Valerie. - My God, he's afraid. Ever since Prince Humperdinck fired him, his confidence is shattered. Why'd you say that name? You promised me that you would never say that name! - What, Humperdinck? - Aaah! Humperdinck! Humperdinck! Humperdinck! - Humperdinck! Humperdinck! Humperdinck! - I'm not listening! True love lies expiring, and you don't have the decency to say why you won't help. - Nobody's hearing nothing. - Humperdinck! Humperdinck! This is Buttercup's true love. If you heal him, he will stop Humperdinck's wedding. - Humperdinck! - Shut up! Wait, wait. I make him better, Humperdinck suffers? Humiliations galore. That is a noble cause. Give me the 65. I'm on the job. Whoo-hoo!
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