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Anyone here a fan? Loved that movie...the Spec Ed DVD is pretty sweet. Mandy Pantankin rules..."I want my father back you son of a b#tch!"
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Yes this is truly one of the great films. What an odd and awesome cast! I've never read the novel that it was based on but I heard it was very cool as well.
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Princess Bride - very funny movie.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an Obi-Wan to go.

Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.

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I have always loved this film and it is just too quotable. You gotta love that fact.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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I consider Princess Bride as one of the greatest movies ever made. It is certainly one of the funniest and most inventive. The DVD has a great documentary that has the cast talking about Andre the Giant.
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Originally posted by: Bossk
I have always loved this film and it is just too quotable. You gotta love that fact.


Forgot about your signature. The scene with the iocane poison is priceless. "Never go up against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line...Ah ha, ah ha, ah h.........*thump*

The cast was perfect, although Robin Wright was kind of blaise. Billy Crystal and Carol Kane were awesome.
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I forgot I had that as my signature. God, Wallace Shawn was great in that movie, wasn't he?
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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I first saw that movie when I was about five, and it's always been one of my favorites. One time, when I was in 8th grade, they let us watch it, and a bunch of people in the class thought it sucked. I just sat there and thought "What the hell is wrong with you people?!"

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I forgot I had that as my signature. God, Wallace Shawn was great in that movie, wasn't he?


Hell, Wallace Shawn is great in anything he's in, isn't he? Taxi, The Cosby Show, The Incredibles. I'd love to see more of that guy.

And funny this topic should spring up just now since I'm in the middle of staging my own Wonder Years marathon at the moment.

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I've never heard of this movie before... At least I don't think so, I don't seem to remember it... I think it's quite unavailable over here...
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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I've never heard of this movie before... At least I don't think so, I don't seem to remember it... I think it's quite unavailable over here...


WHA-WAA-WHHAAA??!?!?!?!?!

Dear God in heaven- someone get this man a copy of 'The Princess Bride'!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
I've never heard of this movie before... At least I don't think so, I don't seem to remember it... I think it's quite unavailable over here...


WHA-WAA-WHHAAA??!?!?!?!?!

Dear God in heaven- someone get this man a copy of 'The Princess Bride'!!!!!!!!!


If I ever find this movie on DVD, I'll rent it and watch it.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
I've never heard of this movie before... At least I don't think so, I don't seem to remember it... I think it's quite unavailable over here...


WHA-WAA-WHHAAA??!?!?!?!?!

Dear God in heaven- someone get this man a copy of 'The Princess Bride'!!!!!!!!!


If I ever find this movie on DVD, I'll rent it and watch it.


You won't be sorry. A nice little movie. No profanity, good story and plot. Mis-matched but well cast actors (that's part of the fun with these whacky characters). Directed by Rob Reiner, of the tv series "All in the Family" fame.

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Well, since we're talking about Rob Reiner as a director, I think "of This Is Spinal Tap fame" would be more appropriate.

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C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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He's a meathead and he now looks like he ATE Carol O'Conner.

Great movie.
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Well, since we're talking about Rob Reiner as a director, I think "of This Is Spinal Tap fame" would be more appropriate.


That's the film I know him from, I never saw him on TV.

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Out of curiosity, was "Princess Bride" a hit at the box office or a miss that amassed a great cult following like "Buckaroo Banzai"?

Has anyone read the book on which the film was based? I think there are like two different versions, an original and a "good parts" version.

You know, if they were making TPB now, it would probably star Orlando Bloom or some WB boy as Westley (played by Cary Elwes originally) and some underfed girl as a tougher, more feminist type Buttercup (originally Robin Wright Penn).
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an Obi-Wan to go.

Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.

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Some of my friends like it... I've never muched cared for it really.
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Out of curiosity, was "Princess Bride" a hit at the box office or a miss that amassed a great cult following like "Buckaroo Banzai"?

Has anyone read the book on which the film was based? I think there are like two different versions, an original and a "good parts" version.

You know, if they were making TPB now, it would probably star Orlando Bloom or some WB boy as Westley (played by Cary Elwes originally) and some underfed girl as a tougher, more feminist type Buttercup (originally Robin Wright Penn).


It was well receieved to begin with, but over the years it got even more popular.

There are two different books, the original and Morgenstern's "The good parts" version. Never actually read it.

You're right about a modern remake. They'd do the "multicultural" version, with the evil prince being a conservative white male Christian gun owner, while Buttercup would be played by the "hip-hop" star of the week like Christina Milian, or someone.

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Is the dvd for these great movie good?
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From what I've heard its a pretty bare bones DVD, and the transfer isn't great.

But it is on sale for 10 bucks at most places, so its still worth a buy.
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From what I've heard its a pretty bare bones DVD, and the transfer isn't great.

But it is on sale for 10 bucks at most places, so its still worth a buy.


Actually the spec ed dvd is pretty nice. Pic quality is good, and the extras are excellent, IMO.
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will they sell it at future shop? or walmart? I absolutely love that movie.
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In the commentary, Rob Reiner mentioned he was leaving a dinner. A wiseguy from the Mafia ominously approached Rob, looked him in the eye and said:

"You killed my father. Prepare to die."

Kevin

"Hello. My name is Onigo Montaya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Classically quoted by Mandy Patinkin (Montaya) in The Princess Bride
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