The Princess Bride

Okay, who hasn’t seen this movie? Everyone and their grandma have seen this movie and love it. But I might as well indulge the curiosity of the one person on earth that has always meant to watch this movie, but never got around to it for some unexplained reason. The dashing Westley has his heart set on the fair Buttercup, except she is the soon-to-be trophy wife of the cowardly Prince Humperdink. This is a fairytale like no other with fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, and miracles! Do yourself a favor and just watch it again. Life is too short to not see this joy of a movie as much as you can.

Production Directed by Rob Reiner

Produced by Andrew Scheinman, Rob Reiner

Screenplay by William Goldman

Based on The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Robin Wright, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Billy Crystal

Music by Mark Knopfler

Cinematography by Adrian Biddle

Edited by Robert Leighton

Production company: Act III Communications, Buttercup Films, The Princess Bride Ltd.

Distribution and Stats

Distributed by 20th Century Fox (North America), Interaccess Film Distribution (International)

Release date: September 25, 1987

Running time: 98 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $16 million

Box office: $30.9 million