The Princess Bride [Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle AC3] - DVD

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Cast

• Andre the Giant - Fezzik
• Betsy Brantley - The Mother
• Carol Kane - Valerie, the Wizard's Wife
• Margery Mason - The Ancient Booer
• Christopher Guest - Count Rugen
• Mel Smith - The Albino
• Mandy Patinkin - Inigo Montoya
• Chris Sarandon - Prince Humperdinck
• Wallace Shawn - Vizzini
• Jane Jenkins
• Janet Hirshenson
• Cary Elwes - Westley
• Anne Dyson - The Queen
• Fred Savage - The Grandson
• Malcolm Storry - Yellin
• Robin Wright Penn - Buttercup, the Princess Bride
• Peter Falk - The Grandfather
• Willoughby Gray - The King
• Peter Cook - The Impressive Clergyman
• Billy Crystal - Miracle Max, the Wizard

Crew

• Art Director: Richard Holland
• Executive Producer: Norman Lear
• Producer: Norman Lear
• Composer (Music Score): Mark Knopfler
• Editor: Robert Leighton
• Art Director: Keith Pain
• Associate Producer: Steve Nicolaides
• Director: Rob Reiner
• Producer: Rob Reiner ,Andrew Scheinman
• Associate Producer: Jeffrey Stott
• Production Designer: David Barron
• Casting: Jane Jenkins ,Janet Hirshenson
• First Assistant Director: Ken Baker
• Sound/Sound Designer: David John
• First Assistant Director: Peter Bennett
• Special Effects: Nick Allder
• Makeup: Lois Burwell
• Cinematographer: Adrian Biddle
• Costume Designer: Phyllis Dalton
• Set Designer: Maggie Gray
• Screenwriter: William Goldman
• Production Designer: Norman Garwood
• Book Author: William Goldman

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The Princess Bride: AMG Review
Michael Betzold , AMG

At once a send-up and an update of fairy tales, The Princess Bride combines comic one-liners to entertain adults with mythic battles and story lines to capture the hearts of children. Director Rob Reiner took a chance on William Goldman's cult novel and assembled a wide-ranging cast of comic character actors, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, and Wallace Shawn, to enliven a series of scenes that are the stuff of legends, bringing fresh life to old fables and spinning yarns heavy with the humor of old-school Catskills comedians. Robin Wright plays the title role, with Cary Elwes as the stable boy who fights off many sorts of dragons to win her. It's an enchanting film but not likely to spawn many imitators; satirizing fairy tales is tricky work. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

The Princess Bride: AMG Review
Tracie Cooper , AMG

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 (Cary Elwes) and Buttercup's (Robin Wright) journey to happily-ever-after, a variety of subplots and personal quests make for the daunting prospect of producing a film that very well might have too much going on. A surprisingly gentle performance from late wrestling icon Andre the Giant, along with an excellent supporting team including Billy Crystal, Wallace Shawn, and Mandy Patinkin, however, not only make the intermingling of plots seem perfectly natural, but express a sense of camraderie so realistic that one hardly notices the subject at hand is as likely to be the pitfalls of life in the revenge business as it is the tedious process of bringing one back from the dead. Patinkin in particular is compelling as Inigo, a Spanish swordsman on an obsessive quest to avenge his father's murder, while Wright plays the title role of with all of the angst, priss, and unbending faith in true love expected from a princess. Elwes' Westley, however, is far cry from the traditional knight in shining armor--clothed in all back and well-versed in the pirating industry, Wesley is a verifiable fairy-tale bad-boy--and like the film itself, somehow, it just works. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide