The Princess Bride Page #4
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
never before to hear the
announcement of the great Prince
Humperdinck's bride-to be.
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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.
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8.
A giant staircase leading to the CROWD and as a FIGURE just
begins to become visible,
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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.
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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.
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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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