A storybook stableboy turns pirate (Cary Elwes) and rescues his beloved (Robin Wright), who is about to... (Learn more)
Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon (View All)
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Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon
Based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred Savage). Falk's character assures a romance-weary Savage that the book has much more to deliver than a simpering love story, including but not limited to fencing, fighting, torture, death, true love, giants, and pirates. Indeed, The Princess Bride offers a tongue-in-cheek fairy tale depicting stable boy-turned-pirate Westley's journey to rescue Buttercup (Robin Wright), his true love, away from the evil prince (Chris Sarandon), whom she had agreed to marry five years after learning of what she had believed to be news of Westley's death. With help from Prince Humperdinck's disgruntled former employee Miracle Max (Billy Crystal), swordsman Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), and a very large man named Fezzik (Andre the Giant), the star-crossed lovers are reunited. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
9/25/87
MPAA Rating
Rated PG
Running Time
100 mins.
Locations
- Ireland
- Lee International Studios, Shepperton, England, United Kingdom
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$26,906,897
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Song award at the 1987 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
- Nelson Entertainment
