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Synopsis: A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel "The Princess Bride" which earned its own loyal audience.
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
PG
Year:
1987
98 min
Website
8,269 Views


FLORIN CASTLE - DAY

The main courtyard of Florin replete with townspeople,

livestock, and a bustling marketplace.

GRANDFATHER:

(off-screen reading)

Five years later, the main square

of Florin City was filled as

never before to hear the

announcement of the great Prince

Humperdinck's bride-to be.

CUT TO:

PRINCE HUMPERDINCK, a man of incredible power and bearing,

standing in his royal robes on a castle balcony. Three

others standing behind him: an OLD COUPLE with crowns, the

aging KING AND QUEEN, and a dark bearded man who seems the

Prince's match in strength: this is COUNT RUGEN.

HUMPERDINCK:

(raises his hands,

starts to speak)

My people ... a month from now,

our country will have its 500th

anniversary. On that sundown, I

shall marry a lady who was once a

commoner like yourselves --

(pause)

-- but perhaps you will not find

her common now. Would you like to

meet her?

And the answering YESSSS booms like summer thunder.

CUT TO:

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8.

A giant staircase leading to the CROWD and as a FIGURE just

begins to become visible,

CUT TO:

THE CROWD, as they see the figure. (We haven't yet.) And if

there is such a thing as collective action, then this crowd,

collectively, holds its breath.

CUT TO:

THE STAIRCASE, as the figure appears in the archway. It is

Buttercup. And she resplendent.

HUMPERDINCK:

My people ... the Princess

Buttercup!!

She descends the stairs and starts to move amongst the people.

CUT TO:

THE CROWD, and they do a very strange thing: with no

instruction at all, they suddenly go to their knees. Great

waves of people kneeling and --

CUT TO:

BUTTERCUP, terribly moved. She stands immobile among her

subjects, blinking back tears. HOLD on her beauty for a

moment.

GRANDFATHER:

(off-screen)

Buttercup's emptiness consumed

her. Although the law of the land

gave Humperdinck the right to

choose his bride, she did not

love him.

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William Goldman

William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He has won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and again for All the President's Men (1976), about journalists who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon. Both films starred Robert Redford. more…

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