The Princess Bride: William Goldman

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He eventually realizes that his father read out only the “ good parts of the story”, and resorts to opting for the fictional route of writing the abridged story of “The Princess Bride”. In 2008, Toy Vault, Inc. announced it was working on a Princess Bride–based card game due for release in the second quarter of 2008. It also announced that it is working on a board game, the second ever produced for this movie, after a simple board game included with some VHS releases.

I was assiduously seeking to whet my appetite for fantasy by seizing the main adventure story of Buttercup and not the story of the rhyme and reason for abridgment by the author. Hugo Awards". thehugoawards.org. July 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020 . Retrieved September 14, 2020. First of all, anyone who's rated this less than 5 stars is just wrong, very wrong. I know this because I was recently instated "Master of all Opinions" where mine is the most rightest. :) Johnson, Ted (September 9, 2020). "Whoopi Goldberg, Eric Idle Among Guests Added To 'Princess Bride' Reunion Script Reading". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 10, 2020 . Retrieved September 9, 2020. Like the movie, the novel has its tongue firmly planted in-cheek. The conceit of The Princess Bride is that it is actually an abridgement of a much-longer book by the impeccably-named S. Morgenstern. Goldman – playing the role of “Goldman” – writes the introduction, and also provides a running commentary throughout. He plays this joke right to the end, and my 25th anniversary edition has an epilogue that acts as an excerpt to a sequel that – unfortunately – never got written.

Gray Streeter, Leslie (December 9, 2007). " 'The Princess Bride' Turns 20". The Palm Beach Post. [w]as a modest hit[...] Kent Film Office The Princess Bride Film Focus". March 18, 1987. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014 . Retrieved March 18, 2014. In a September 2019 biographical article on Norman Lear in Variety, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra, speaking of Lear's works and interest in remaking them, stated, "Very famous people whose names I won't use, but they want to redo The Princess Bride." [79] The reaction to this via social media was very negative, with fans of the film asserting that a remake would be a bad idea and, in reference to the film, "inconceivable". [80] Elwes paraphrased the film, saying, "There's a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one." [81] Jamie Lee Curtis, Guest's wife, stated, "there is only ONE The Princess Bride and it's William Goldman and [Reiner]'s". [82] Books [ edit ]

Westley leaves on a quest to seek better fortune, while promising Buttercup of his return to marry her.

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In 2018, The Princess Bride was adapted by players of a virtual reality social game, Rec Room, into what is likely to be the world's first full-length virtual reality stage production. The duration of the production was approximately 80 minutes, and ran for a total of four shows. [63] [64] Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film a "two thumbs up" rating on their television program. [32] Ebert also wrote a very favorable print review in his column for the Chicago Sun-Times. [33] Richard Corliss of Time said the film was fun for the whole family, [34] and later, Time listed the film as one of the "Best of '87". [35] Janet Maslin of The New York Times praised the cast and the sweetness of the film. [36] On September 13, 2020, the surviving members of the original cast participated in a live script reading that was a fundraiser for the Wisconsin Democratic Party. [23] See, this was his favorite book as a child because his father read it to him. But what he didn't realize at the time was that his father had skipped over all the dull political satire that Morgenstern had written about his native land, Florin.