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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes pic!
If you guys like this series, make sure to check out CinemaIsDope.com. It’s a website dedicated to archiving studio stills and today’s image comes from them.
I recently watched The Princess Bride again when I picked up the Blu-Ray and it really hit me just how quotable this movie is. I mean, I’ve always known it’s a highly quoted film (Inconceivable!), but not 5 minutes goes by in that movie where I couldn’t quote along with it.
William Goldman’s script is brilliant, full of character, Rob Reiner was at his peak as director, and the casting is perfect. From Andre The Giant to Chris Sarandon and everybody in-between, I love this world.
Also, I love Mark Knopfler’s score and how it is actually a character unto itself, almost commenting on the film as the story plays out.
So, naturally I kept my eye out for a BTS still and this is what I got… from the torture scene as Mr. Reiner directs Carey Elwes as the Albino looks on!
Here it is (click for the bigger version)! Enjoy!:
If you have a pic you think should be included email me. I’m looking for the iconic, the rare or the just plain cool behind the scenes shots to feature here.
Tomorrow’s Behind the Scenes Pic is really full of shit. The toilet’s over there…
-Quint
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Old people, young people, dudes, chicks, kids, I honestly havent ever met anyone who was like "Dude, Princess Bride sucked!!" Its in the "Back To The Future Hall Of Fame" for most widely and universally beloved movies ever made. "You keep using that word......I do not think it means what you think it means".
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"I do not think it means what you think it means."
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You've forgotten one of the classic blunders! The first is never start a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this, never go up against a Sicilian, when DEATH IS ONE THE LINE, AHAHHAHAHA...AHAHAHAHHA....AGAHAHAHAHA....dies! Classic!
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Hee. <p> Inconthievable!
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Both are very similar in tone and humor, and both weren't big box-office smashes, that only found an audience on home video. Princess Bride has had a couple of decades to gain its audience. I'd love to see how Stardust fares twenty years from now. And, despite not being nearly as quotable as Princess Bride, that movie does not have Robert De Niro playing a sky-pirate of questionable sexual orientation. So, I'm on the fence as to which is better.
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but it works better on TV than it ever did in theaters.
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yes, this movie is perfection.
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"Inconceivable!"
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favorite one so far.
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One of the greatest and most versatile directors EVER. Also, one of the most underrated. Shame.
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...having to to do extra chores in order to earn something, I always say "Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity, battling rodents of unusual size, facing torture in the Pit of Despair. True love has never been a snap." I get a lot of eye rolling.
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It is a true classic!
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Sept. 9, 2010, 5:46 p.m. CST
Something that's bothering me with the BTSPOTD series...
by StarWarsRedux
...is how the title-quotes often have little to do with the actual pic themselves. Sure, they're always to do with the movie in question, but not always the scene that's being shot. Just a bit odd.
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I fill their heads with whimsy by quoting the Dread Pirate Roberts - "Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."
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I only wish Stardust and this played on a double feature.
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with "You were not hired for your brains, you hippopotomic landmass."
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I bet you're known as the asshole in your company?
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I honestly am not detecting the sarcasm if it's a joke. Harry raved about it, and the talkbackers at the time dismissed it. A good year or so has passed, and now talkbackers are saying it's a future classic. I.....don't know what's happening here...
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I like it but I don't cream myself over it like so many other people do.
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Quint, this series is about photographs. It isn't about you. All you do is talk about how much you like a movie, and why you chose this one for today, and what you think you might do the next day. Seriously, dude. In a 178 word text, you used the word 'I' 9 goddamn times. No one cares what you think about the music to Princess Bride. We're smart. We've seen it. We know the music is good. Why are you showing us a photo but talking about music anyways? It all comes down to this - you really have nothing to contribute to this series except what you think, and in this case, we don't care what you think. 179 words later, and I've gained no insight to the picture what so ever. You like the movies of the pictures you post. We get it. Dude, I love checking this series out every single day - brings a smile to my face - but if you have nothing of substance to contribute, please just post the photo. Guys, am I alone on this?
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Anyone who says differently is selling something.
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Carl's hat - No it's not Leadley - get over yourself Quint - keep up the good work, I like movies. Goldman - Write the bloody sequel and make it special
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Just a childhood favorite that never gets old
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The Zoo of Death is not to be missed.<p>As well as Domingo Montoya's execution, Fezzik's hilarious upbringing, and Goldman's douchebag "family".
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Can you think of a film that can genuinely be enjoyed by all ages equally? Pure genius...
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sorry, dude, but you lost all credibility on these TBs long ago - you might want to start fresh with a new name - but I doubt you were anywhere near Christopher Guest, taping the Simpsons or otherwise
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Once a month, I dress as Mandy did for this movie, along with vest, belt, mustache, and lengthened wig - visiting the local Laundromat on a day when I know it's to be full of elderly female Latinos.
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...but Leadley is right. The write-up for each photo isn't even blog-worthy. If I were running the column and didn't have anything informative, insightful, or even intelligent to say, I'd just post the picture and leave it at that. It's kind of like having a DVD review column and then not mentioning picture/sound/special-features.
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that has a big following that i just dont get. i found it quite boring, to the point i wanted to turn it off but i figured i owed it to stay til the end. i kept hearing for years how great it was by friends so i finally gave it a shot and yeah i regretted it. but i should have figured something was up when only women and girls were praising it. :P but i'll give Elwes some credit, he plays the aristrocratic-ish asshole very well and he's barely changed. lol
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...this movie is something special. Everything clicked making this movie.
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Please try watching it again in several years. That is all.
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as their favorite movie. Dumb girls? Anything with Kate Hudson or J-Lo in it.
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You seriously need to read the book if you haven't - it's even funnier than the movie. It mockingly includes the beginning of a sequel that was actually really good, too.
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Sept. 9, 2010, 7:12 p.m. CST
Not many people know that Peter Falk MOLESTED Fred Savage on set
by Tigger Tales
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- something I tell the kids of today.<P> I have a soft spot for Stardust - I worked on in for a few weeks and the crew were great. It's certainly a kindred spirit of PB, but when PB came out it was an instant classic (for me at least). I worked as an usher at the time, so I saw it a lot of times and kept the poster. The poster (UK quad) was good too. As lochkray said, it wasn't that popular on release - true in my 'hood at least. I seem to remember a fairly empty auditorium.
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I forgot to say that I just don't think Stardust is in the same league. It tries to be. A shame Danes had to be in it (I think that was at the insistence of the studio).
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who's heard this? http://tinyurl.com/345wa6z
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"would anybody like a peanut?" That still cracks me up. Awesome movie!
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"Oh, you mean THIS gate key" I still laugh my ass off at that scene.
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I love this movie, but there are two things about it I can't stand. First, some of the sets are *really* cheap-looking. Secondly, the music. I don't mind Mark Knopfler's compositions or guitar playing, but I can't stand that terribly cheesy '80s synthesizer (played by Guy Fletcher, also of Dire Straits) pretending to be an orchestra.
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Just watched this on Blu last week and yes, Battle_Royale_with_cheese, I thought of that afterward. Hell, I even saw David Terry play it live the last time Aqueduct came to town. That's how much of a fan of this film I am.
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Sept. 9, 2010, 7:52 p.m. CST
"There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world..."
by quintana007
"It would be a pity to damage yours." - Priceless line!
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And the pics come hand in hand. Sorry, folks. But if you don't like it you can always just scroll to the picture.
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these photo's speak for themselves.
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Several years ago I was working as a PA for some reshoots of this indy film that Elwes had a part in, and I mean Princess Bride was a MAJOR part of my childhood, at first I was afraid to say anything to him about it, that especially with it being so far back in his career (yet probably his peak role) that he'd never want to be bugged about it. But I mustered up the courage, and surprise, he was super cool and gracious about it.
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it wasn't a flop or anything. sure, it was a bigger hit on video and on TV, but still. certainly a success.<p>I love the film, and it's one of the few that I loved as a kid that still holds up. (along with Back to the Future and Labyrinth)
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it's a picture of a scene, what is he supposed to say? reviewers of films always bring their own experiences to the table, why should this column be any different?<p>this column exists, to my mind, for 2 reasons: 1. on the off chance that someone hasn't seen a particular film, hearing Quint's take on it along with the picture, or the talkbacks, might steer them to it. 2. so we can all talk about our experiences with the film, and our reactions in the talkbacks. <p>therefore, I think it's perfectly appropriate that Quint weighs in first, in the column, in the same way most of us are going to do in the talkback. it's a community of film geeks talking about classic movies and seeing some cool behind the scenes pictures.<p>if that doesn't appeal to you, I get it. so just look at the picture, avert your eyes from any and all text, and then fuck off. the rest of us are having fun. we don't need people like you that feel the need to bitch and moan about nothing. go to an early bird dinner and send your soup back, leave us here to talk about movies.
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But the screenplay is a masterful adaptation...the book is written as if its an abridgement of a historical account of Florin, so the author of the account has a ton of asides thrown into the story...using the grandpa reading a story was a great device to get some of that into the film without endless narration. I furs Goldman's been trying to write a sequel for years but gets blocked every time he sits down to write.
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I totally agree, Leadley and those agreeing with him are indeed pricks. Piss off, trollish douchebags.
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Someday it might go as high as 5, but it really doesn't know what that would do to you.
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Love it, marvelous...but I had the sense they had to scrimp, budget-wise. I would love for them to have had, say, 25% more money to make it. Very resourceful filmmaking, and a classic.
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but above all, it promotes reading books. this and never-ending story.
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Neither do I. :(
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That I like the soup. I wouldn't dream of sending it back. Carry on.
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A true classic...
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It'd Be A Pity to Damage Yours. <p> Is anything more pimp than that? Anything? Not the best behind the scenes pic, but still, just the chance to have a PB talkback is great. And I'll share in the stardust love. It's not nearly as good, of course, but its certainly second best in my book. It's highly enjoyable. Not quotable or terribly memorable though. But Princess Bride. I could prattle off lines for probably half the movies running time. <p> Anybody want a peanut?!
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Sept. 9, 2010, 10:05 p.m. CST
I Mean, If Only We Had A Wheelbarrow, That Would Be Something
by Crow3711
Where we did we put that wheelbarrow the albino had? <p> Over the albino, I think. <p> Well, why didn't you list that among our assets in the first place? Hmm
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Sept. 9, 2010, 10:08 p.m. CST
Death Cannot Stop True Love...It Can Only Delay It A Little Whil
by Crow3711
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Sorry but Andre the Giant almost ruins this movie. YOu can't understand a single word he says until you've seen the movie 6 times.<p> Id like to have a Blu-Ray edition that sub-titles all his lines.
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Andre the Giant does NOT ruin the film, He's awesome in it. Fuck off OK?
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There are few movies I can think of that have such a high density of quotes that still to this day worm their way into everyday conversations with friends.
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he ruined many a young Pyrenees farmgirl's reproductive organs.
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Hollywood must be all twats now. They couldn't write a new sweet heartfelt comedy if their lives depended on it.
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Sept. 9, 2010, 11:45 p.m. CST
How could you possibly "love" the score to this movie Quint?
by Ronald Raygun
Normally I kinda like Mark Knopfler's scores if they fit the tone of the film, as in Wag the Dog. But the score to this film SUCKED, almost to the point that it single-handedly ruins the movie for me. It sounds cheap and generic and makes me feel like I'm watching a Disney channel orginal movie or something. And don't even get me started on that "It's as real as the feelings I feel" song.
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In college my friends and I would practice fencing left handed because of this movie. Not very easy with a right handed foil... But totally worth it.
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This site is a "free show" why does every one seem to go off on everything about it lately ?? Also TPB is WAT better than stardust....
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You peeled my father, prepare to die
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I am your father, prepare to die
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I killed my father and fucked my mother, I want to die
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I CHOPPED off my father's testicles...<p>Prepare to be neutered...
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I actually just re watched it recently and had very good memories of it. Often, when you see a movie as a kid and rewatch it later, you'll disapoint, but not this time. And everyone praising Stardust, I couldn't agree more. It's a modern fairytale for adults kind of classic in my book already.
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"I do not believe that word means what you think it means..."
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It's not that I hate it, but it just doesn't strike me as being all that great, like some seem to treat it. I think it could have been a lot better, given the premise and the humorous tone. I generally like Inigo, and a few of the funny lines, but that's about it, the rest leaves me kinda cold.
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Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
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I can not watch an episode of Deep Space Nine with the Grand Nagus without shouting "INCONCEIVABLE" whenever he shows up.
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One of my favourite childhood movies this. I think there was a spell of 10 years or so where I hadn't seen it. When I saw it again in my early 20's my affection for it just grew! This film had everything - great score: so much so the song 'Once upon a time (storybook love)' was my wife's walk in music at our wedding. The Willy Deville version 'storybook love' (the song at the end with the singing) played as we exited to thunderous applause. Fantastic day. I can't wait to show this film to my son in several years time! I can see the comparisons between PB and Stardust however when I saw Stardust in the cinema I kept thinking "this is a poor mans PB". On a second viewing at home it was better though I can't see it standing the test of time.
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Mawidge. Peter Cook's clergyman is probably my favourite cameo of all time.
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Why a black and white shot? They had color pics back then did they not?
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I also doubt you were there, but I totally believe that about Guest.
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Are you people new to the site? Six paragraphs of personal anecdotes and childhood memories before getting to the point are par for the course here.
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im somewhat embarassed that i really like stardust. the part about robert deniro being a fruitloop i coulda done without though. other than that hell yes.
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a few months ago. She loved it so much she saved up her own allowance to buy the DVD.
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But if you pay attention, Miller's Crossing is.
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You and I are in agreement. "this column exists, to my mind, for 2 reasons: 1. on the off chance that someone hasn't seen a particular film, hearing Quint's take on it along with the picture, or the talkbacks, might steer them to it. 2. so we can all talk about our experiences with the film, and our reactions in the talkbacks." Unfortunately, Quint has never expressed his "take on" one of the movies. He just says that he saw it and he liked it. He is not "weighing in." He is not doing what this site purports to do. There is no communication taking place. And yeah, it aggravates me that this is considered 'professional writing.' In fact, it's motherfucking inconceivable. Also, I am not a serios prick. I am a hillarious prick. You, on the other hand, are a retard.
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It's every day in THE_CHOPPAH house.
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It delivered on so many levels. And the good thing is, it's practically reboot/re-imagining proof... though I guess that'd never stop some numb-nut from doing it anyway.
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Agree the score was fantastic. Put it on the same line as Tangerine Dream's "Thief" score, Queen with "Flash Gordon" and so on. Seems there's another player on the screen when you hear the music.
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First things first, to the death. Westley: No. To the pain. Prince Humperdinck: I don't think I'm quite familiar with that phrase. Westley: I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon. Prince Humperdinck: That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me. Westley: It won't be the last. To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose. Prince Humperdinck: And then my tongue I suppose, I killed you too quickly the last time. A mistake I don't mean to duplicate tonight. Westley: I wasn't finished. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right. Prince Humperdinck: And then my ears, I understand let's get on with it. Westley: WRONG. Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing," will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever. Prince Humperdinck: I think you're bluffing. Westley: It's possible, Pig, I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable, vomitous mass, that I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. But, then again... perhaps I have the strength after all. [slowly rises and points sword directly at the prince] Westley: DROP... YOUR... SWORD! Inigo Montoya: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you. Man in Black: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die. Inigo Montoya: You are wonderful. Man in Black: Thank you; I've worked hard to become so. Inigo Montoya: I admit it, you are better than I am. Man in Black: Then why are you smiling? Inigo Montoya: Because I know something you don't know. Man in Black: And what is that? Inigo Montoya: I... am not left-handed. [Moves his sword to his right hand and gains an advantage] Man in Black: You are amazing. Inigo Montoya: I ought to be, after 20 years. Man in Black: Oh, there's something I ought to tell you. Inigo Montoya: Tell me. Man in Black: I'm not left-handed either. Inigo Montoya: Who are you? Man in Black: No one of consequence. Inigo Montoya: I must know... Man in Black: Get used to disappointment. Inigo Montoya: 'kay. Buttercup: We'll never survive. Westley: Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has. Buttercup: You can't hurt me. Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords. Miracle Max: Sonny, true love is the greatest thing, in the world-except for a nice MLT - mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe [smacks his lips] they're so perky, I love that Prince Humperdinck: You truly love each other and so you might have been truly happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance, no matter what the story books say. And so I think no man in a century will suffer as greatly as you will. Buttercup(To Prince Humperdinck) Here comes my Westley now. And on and on and on and on. Perfect quotes, perfect dialogue...what a movie.
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Seriously....I am so over bitching for no fucking reason. Bitch about something else, like Harry's lack of timely DVD columns, pandering to certain films while ignoring other blockbusters completely, or one of the other numerous offenses this site is guilty of. This column is awesome, the pics are great. I like Quints comments, if you dont then just enjoy the pics, if you dont enjoy those then click something else. But honestly, if your intent was to come across as a hilarious prick, you only got the prick part right. Now fuck off.
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Kids generation after generation love it. Stardust was good (Clair Danes is a freakin' knockout in the movie), but not at the level of Princess Bride.
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I saw this in theaters opening weekend, and it was pretty sparsely attended. I don't think my friend enjoyed it as much as I did either. However, I started showing it on video in college and it would always gather a pretty big crowd. It didn't take too long to be a favorite of people's as they discovered it for themselves. And I truly doubt there's a five minute stretch of the film that doesn't have an easily recognizable quote in it.
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which means to bluff.... billy crystal at his finest
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My personal fave. And Andre did *not* ruin the film. So there.
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Mark my words.
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as the Albino if I remember rightly.
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Last I heard he's become a bit of a gibbering old mad man.
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Period.
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Yes, I'd think it more appropriate if the photo is of a specific scene, the quote should fit the scene, and I do skip ALL the text and go straight for the photo.
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It's one of those movies where they fight, but someone always runs off. Even Christopher Guest has a huge army, and he still runs off even though he's armed. Odd.
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when i first watched it i was like, why is this famous? and what do people see in it?
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Why wasnt be bigger star? Bad actor?
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Yep, Inigo cuts out Guest's heart.<p>Murdered at least five to get to him.
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at the end. The main character bluffs his way out of the fight, and runs off.
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All I think is, "I'll explain, and I'll use small word so you're sure to understand you warthog face buffoon." Best line ever!
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Sept. 10, 2010, 8:26 p.m. CST
I would have liked to see an Andre the Giant Princess Bride phot
by BetterCallSaul
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what on earth are you talking about? if Quint did a full-on review of Princess Bride, whiney assholes like you would be complaining that he's reviewing old movies instead of new ones.<p>this column is what it is, and a lot of people are enjoying it. quite a few comments mention that it's becoming their favorite thing on the site.<p>and yet, because it is not some separate entity that exists only in your mind, and which would please you specifically (and possibly only you), you're going to complain?<p>this site is what it is, and this column is what it is. if you shit your panties because it's not "professional enough" (whatever that means) or not catered to YOU PERSONALLY. then just go to a different site.<p>people like you baffle me, because your behavior is common enough online, but if it existed in the real world, you'd be considered borderline mentally imbalanced. say you go to a restaurant, and they serve a certain type of food. you call the waiter over and say, "this is not the type of food I like! I don't like this!!!!" what do you expect them to do? and then on top of that idiocy, you come back the next day. and the next. and the next. all the while complaining that the food is not what you want.<p>can't you see how pathetic and useless that is?
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"Waiter...get over here"..."Sigh, hes sir?"..."This chicken is disgusting, the person making it must be a fukking retard, i hate it!" ... "well sir, i dont mean to be rude, but you've been here 5 days in a row and ordered it each time, and complained each time. why not order something else, or try another restaraunt?"
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in the cinema, my friend, his mum and I were literally the only people in the auditorium. It was pretty surreal and the only time that's happened to me. Loved the film, though, and love it even more now. One of the best film swordfights ever, endless quotable lines and fun cameos, including the comedy god that is Peter Cook. "So tweasure your wuv..."
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