The Guys Review

The Princess Bride

Episode Summary

The Guys Review... The Princess Bride. The 1987 cult classic epic... Swashbuckling sword fights, royalty, kidnapping, so much intrigue and even a battle of wits, INCONCEIVABLE! Listen on as the guys continue to have respectful conversations and further develop our safe spaces so Tucker can feel like he's worth something. Does The Princess Bride hold up, or will it have to be scooped out like André the Giant when he poops in a tub? Find out, as The Guys Review... The Princess Bride. Web: https://theguysreview.simplecast.com/ EM: theguysreviewpod@gmail.com IG: @TheGuysReviewPod TW: @The_GuysReview FB: https://facebook.com/TheGuysReviewPod/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKXJhq9LbQ2VfR4K33kT9Q Please, Subscribe, rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts from!! Thank you, -The Guys

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Princess Bride

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 Princess Bride

Written by: Rob Reiner Screenplay by: William Goldman

Starring:  

Cary Elwes

Mandy Patinkin

Chris sarandon

Christopher Guest

Wallace Shawn

Andre the giant

 

Released: 25 September 1987

 

Budget: $15M ($37,462,500.00 2022)

 

Domestic Box Office

$30,857,000

 

International Box Office

$189,322

 

Worldwide Box Office

$31,046,322

 

Ratings:   IMDb 8.0/10 Rotten Tomatoes 97% 

Metacritic 77% Google Users 86% 

 

This is for you Sir Tucker the Wanker second earl of Wessex

 

Nominated for 1 Oscar ( Best music, Orginal song.

 

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1988

Winner

Saturn Award

Best Fantasy Film

 

Best Costumes

Phyllis Dalton

 

Nominee

Saturn Award

Best Actress

Robin Wright

 

Best Writing

William Goldman

 

 

American Comedy Awards, USA 1988

Nominee

American Comedy Award

Funniest Supporting Male Performer - Motion Picture or TV

Billy Crystal

 

Funniest Supporting Female Performer - Motion Picture or TV

Carol Kane

 

Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival 1988

Nominee

Grand Prize

Rob Reiner

 

Casting Society of America, USA 1988

Nominee

Artios Award

Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy

Jane Jenkins

Janet Hirshenson

 

Grammy Awards 1988

Nominee

Grammy

Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television

Mark Knopfler

 

Heartland Film 1987

Winner

Truly Moving Picture Award

Rob Reiner (director)

 

Hugo Awards 1988

Winner

Hugo

Best Dramatic Presentation

Rob Reiner (director)

William Goldman (screenplay/novel)

 

National Film Preservation Board, USA 2016

Winner

National Film Registry

National Film Preservation Board

 

Toronto International Film Festival 1987

Winner

People's Choice Award

Rob Reiner

 

USC Scripter Award 1989

Nominee

USC Scripter Award

William Goldman (screenwriter/author)

 

Writers Guild of America, USA 1988

Nominee

WGA Award (Screen)

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

William Goldman

 

Young Artist Awards 1988

Winner

Young Artist Award

Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Fred Savage

 

First time you saw the movie?

 

Plot:

-I like the grandpa previews the whole movie explaining what was going to be in the movie

-Robin Wright was hot.

-Epic opening, love and loss.

-No way they didn't know how funny the name Humperdink was.

-Pretty epic beginning... Royalty, a wedding, kidnapping.

-Love the use of miniatures with the boats. It's very awesomely 80's.

-OK, so the plan is to kidnap the princess, take her to another land, kill her, and make the price think it was those people to start a war?

-Inigo Montoya is a very honorable guy, helping Wesley up the cliff

-When they jump off the rock while fighting, you can definitely tell there is a pad where they land.

-The fight is so over te top, but in a good way.

-Its amazing how fast this movie moves. Already defeated Montoya and Fezzik

-I love the rodents are clearly dudes in a rodent suit

-It's a very basic story, but classic and timeless.

-When Buttercup tells off the prince, calling him a coward, it's so overdramatic

-Billy Crystal is so perfect for Miracle Max

-Wuv, twu wuv...

-Good fight with Inigo

 

The end

 

Top Five Trivia of the movie: 

5 trivia

1. Elwes wasn't the first choice for Westley

In fact, Oscar winner, Colin Firth was originally in the running to play Cary Elwes.

2. Wrestler André the Giant didn't actually do any heavy lifting

Following a major back surgery, Andre the Giant (André René Roussimoff) could not lift any heavy objects, instead, the seven foot and 540-pound actor used a stunt double for the majority of his more physical scenes. 

3. One of the final scenes did not make the final cut

Before it was cut from the film, Fred Savage originally walked over to his window, after his grandfather had left and sees Fezzik, Inigo, Westley, and Buttercup all on riding on their white horses.

4. Patinkin was thinking of his late father when he delivered his most famous line

When Patinki uttered his Spanish vow, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die," he was sadly thinking of his father who has died of cancer a few years prior to reading the script.

5. Elwes filmed many scenes with a broken toe 

Six weeks into production, Elwes had an accident in an ATV (which was used to transport Andre on set, because he didn't fit into the crew van), leaving him with a broken toe. Initially, Elwes tried to hide his injury from the director, but they ended up using trick photography to hide his limp in many of his scenes.

 

 

**TRIPLE LINDY AWARD**

 

TOP 5

Stephen:

1 Breakfast club

2 T2

3 Sandlot

4 Back to the Future

5 Mail order brides

 

Chris:

1. sandlots

2. T2

3. trick r treat

4. rocky horror picture show

5. hubie halloween

 

Trey:

1) Boondocks Saints

2) Mail Order Brides

3) Tombstone

4) John Wick

5) She out of my league

 

 

Tucker:

1. T2

2: Tombstone

3: Gross Pointe Blank

4: My Cousin Vinny

5: John Wick

 

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