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".
Who are you? Are we enemies? Why am I on this wall? Where's Buttercup? Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Buttercup is marrying Humperdinck in a little less than half an hour, so all we have to do is get in, break up the wedding, steal the princess, make our escape, after I kill Count Rugen. That doesn't leave much time for dillydallying. You just wiggled your finger. That's wonderful. I've always been a quick healer. What are our liabilities? There is but one working castle gate. Come here. And it is guarded by... 60 men. - And our assets? - Your brains, Fezzik's strength, my steel. That's it? Impossible. If I had a month to plan, maybe I could come up with something, but this... You just shook your head. That doesn't make you happy? My brains, his steel, and your strength against 60 men, and you think a little head jiggle is supposed to make me happy, hmm?
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If we only had a wheelbarrow, that would be something. Where did we put that wheelbarrow the Albino had? Over the Albino, I think. Why didn't you list that among our assets in the first place? What I wouldn't give for a holocaust cloak. There we cannot help you. Will this do? - Where did you get that? - At Miracle Max's. It fit so nice, he said I could keep it. All right, all right. Come on. Help me up.
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