The Princess Bride (1987)

Directed by

Rob Reiner

Genre

fantasy film, swashbuckler film, cinematic fairy tale, pirate film, romantic comedy film, sword and sorcery film

Country

Australia, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 5,163 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A farmhand named Westley sets out to rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from an evil prince. Along the way he befriends a giant and a swordsman. The story is presented as a book a grandfather reads to his sick grandson.

whimsicalromanticadventurousfunnyheartfeltcharmingfast-pacedplayful

What happens

The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. Adapted by William Goldman from his novel of the same name, it tells the story of a swashbuckling farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his kidnapped true love Princess Buttercup from the evil 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 by 20th Century Fox in the United States and by Interaccess Film Distribution in international markets on September 25, 1987, and received widespread critical acclaim. After having only modest initial box office success, it has over time become a cult film and gained recognition as one of the greatest films of the 1980s as well as one of Reiner's best works. The film is number 50 on 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 and the People's Choice Award at the 12th Toronto International Film Festival. 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". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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