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MPAA Raing: PG
Director: Rob Reiner
Genres: Adventure Comedy, Romantic Adventure, Fairy Tales & Legends, Adventure, Children's/Family
Box Office: / $30,857,814
Sound By: Dolby
Released Date: September 25, 1987 (USA)
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Summary:
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. In... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Cary Elwes - (Westley)
Robin Wright Penn - (Buttercup, the Princess Bride)
Mandy Patinkin - (Inigo Montoya)
Chris Sarandon - (Prince Humperdinck)
Christopher Guest - (Count Rugen)
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Review:
Both a tribute to and revision of fairy tales past, The Princess Bride manages to combine subtle, acerbic humor with a classic understanding of what makes the elements of fantasy so appealing to children. Director Rob_Reiner took a chance on William Goldman's novel of the same name; though the central plot is unarguably Westley (Car... Continue >>

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