He defeats Inigo in a fencing duel and knocks him out, chokes Fezzik into unconsciousness, and tricks Vizzini into drinking a deadly poison. The man in black confronts the outlaws atop the Cliffs of Insanity. A masked man in black pursues them, as do Prince Humperdinck and his knights. Before the wedding, she is kidnapped by three outlaws: a small Sicilian man named Vizzini, a giant from Greenland named Fezzik, and a Spanish fencing master named Inigo Montoya, who seeks revenge against a six-fingered man who murdered his father. When the Dread Pirate Roberts attacks his ship, Westley is presumed dead.įive years later, Buttercup is unwillingly betrothed to Florin's Prince Humperdinck. They fall in love and Westley leaves to seek his fortune overseas so they can marry. Whenever she tells farmhand Westley to do something, he always answers, "As you wish" (his way of saying that he loves her). The tale concerns Buttercup, a young woman living on a farm in the fictional kingdom of Florin during a feudal-like period. Plot Ī grandfather reads a novel to his sick grandson, who initially dismisses the story. In 2016, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The film also won the 1988 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. The film is number 50 on the Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies", number 88 on The American Film Institute's (AFI) " AFI's 100 Years.100 Passions" list of the 100 greatest film love stories, and 46 in Channel 4's 50 Greatest Comedy Films list. After only having modest success at the box office at first, it has over time become a cult film and been considered as one of the best films of the 1980s, and one of Reiner's best works. The film was first released in the United States on September 25, 1987, and was well received by critics at the time. The film preserves the novel's metafictional narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather to his sick grandson. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel of the same name, it tells the story of a swashbuckling farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The vocal effects were provided by director Rob Reiner.The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. In the 1987 film, the rodent that attacks Westley is portrayed by Danny Blackner, while the second one was played by Anthony Georghiou. Westley then kills the weakened rodent by stabbing it three times with his sword. While a horrified Buttercup stands aside, Westley eventually rolls onto one of the flame spurts, burning the rodent. launches itself off a tree branch at Westley, knocking him to the ground and biting his right arm at the shoulder. No sooner does he say that then an R.O.U.S. Westley notices the rodents, and starts leading Buttercup away from the area, talking about the dangers of the fire swamp when Buttercup brings up R.O.U.S.s, Westley doubts their existence. When they emerge, the rodent is joined by another one, growling disgruntledly at them. arrives at a lightning sand pit after Westley and Buttercup become submerged. As Buttercup patches Westley's wound, four more R.O.U.S.s arrive Westley kills one of them before he and Buttercup escape. He rolls it into a flame spurt, burning it before using his sword to stab it in the heart the other rodents, drawn to the smell of blood, start to devour the burned R.O.U.S. pounces on him, knocking him to the ground, and biting into his shoulder. A second one soon follows both of them notice, but Westley assures her he is watching them.Īs he finishes telling her his story, a third R.O.U.S. While Westley and Buttercup travel through the swamp trying to get back to Florin, Westley tells Buttercup how he became the Dread Pirate Roberts. They are dangerous, but only attack if they smell blood or outnumber their opponent. They are also carnivorous, and can attack in a frenzy. In the book, fire swamp R.O.U.S.s are described as "a pure rat strain", usually weighing 80 pounds, and running as fast as a wolfhound, about 40 miles per hour.
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