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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
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THE KID:

Who kills Prince Humperdinck? At

the end, somebody's got to do it.

Is it Inigo? Who?

GRANDFATHER:

Nobody. Nobody kills him. He lives.

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90.

THE KID:

You mean he wins? Jesus, Grandpa!

What did you read me this thing

for?

And he desperately fights for control.

GRANDFATHER:

You know, you've been very sick

and you're taking this story very

seriously. I think we better stop

now.

He closes the book and starts to get up.

THE KID:

(shaking his head)

No! I'm okay. I'm okay.

(gestures toward the chair)

-- sit down. All right?

GRANDFATHER:

Okay.

(sitting and opening

the book again)

All right, now, let's see. Where

were we? Oh yes. In the Pit of

Despair.

CUT TO:

INIGO, IN DESPAIR

We're back in the Pit, the same shot as before. For a

moment, he just sags.

INIGO:

Well, we Montoyas have never

taken defeat easily. Come along,

Fezzik. Bring the body.

FEZZIK:

The body?

INIGO:

(not stopping)

Have you any money?

FEZZIK:

I have a little.

INIGO:

I just hope it's enough to buy a

miracle, that's all.

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91.

As Fezzik takes the corpse, follows Inigo up the stairs --

CUT TO:

A HOVEL - DUSK

Inigo, FEZZIK, Westley approach the door. They knock. From

inside the hovel a little man's voice is heard. If Mel

Brooks' Year Old Man was really old, he'd resemble this guy.

LITTLE OLD GUY:

(off-screen)

Go away!

Inigo pounds again.

MIRACLE MAX:

(opening a small

window in the door)

What? What?

INIGO:

Are you the Miracle Max who

worked for the King all those

years?

MIRACLE MAX:

The King's stinking son fired me.

And thank you so much for bringing

up such a painful subject. While

you're at it, why don't you give

me a nice paper cut and pour

lemon juice on it? We're closed!

He shuts the window. They rap on the door.

MIRACLE MAX:

(opening the window)

Beat it or I'll call the Brute

Squad.

FEZZIK:

I'm on the Brute Squad.

MIRACLE MAX:

(looking at the Giant)

You are the Brute Squad.

INIGO:

We need a miracle. It's very

important.

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92.

MIRACLE MAX:

Look, I'm retired. And besides,

why would you want someone the

King's stinking son fired? I

might kill whoever you wanted me

to miracle.

INIGO:

He's already dead.

MIRACLE MAX:

(for the first time, interested)

He is, eh? I'll take a look.

Bring him in.

He unlocks the door and lets them in.

CUT TO:

INIGO AND FEZZIK

hurrying inside. FEZZIK carries Westley who is just starting

to stiffen up a little. He lays Westley down across a bench

by the fireplace, picks Westley's arm up and lets it drop

limp.

MIRACLE MAX:

I've seen worse.

He studies Westley a moment, checking here, checking there.

INIGO:

Sir. Sir.

MIRACLE MAX:

Hah?

INIGO:

We're really in a terrible rush.

MIRACLE MAX:

(He takes nothing from nobody)

Don't rush me, sonny. You rush a

miracle man, you get rotten

miracles. You got money?

INIGO:

Sixty-five.

MIRACLE MAX:

Sheesh! I never worked for so

little, except once, and that was

a very noble cause.

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93.

INIGO:

This is noble, sir.

(pointing to Westley, remorseful)

His wife is crippled. His children

are on the brink of starvation.

MIRACLE MAX:

Are you a rotten liar.

INIGO:

I need him to help avenge my

father, murdered these twenty

years.

MIRACLE MAX:

Your first story was better.

(looking around)

Where's that bellows?

(spots it)

He probably owes you money, huh?

Well, I'll ask him.

He goes to get a huge bellows.

INIGO:

(stupefied)

He's dead. He can't talk.

MIRACLE MAX:

Look who knows so much. Well, it

just so happens that your friend

here is only mostly dead. There's

a big difference between mostly

dead and all dead. Please open

his mouth.

Inigo does. Max inserts the bellows in Westley's mouth and

starts to pump.

MIRACLE MAX:

Now, mostly dead is slightly

alive. Now, all dead...well, with

all dead, there's usually only

one thing that you can do.

INIGO:

What's that?

He stops pumping.

MIRACLE MAX:

Go through his clothes and look

for loose change.

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94.

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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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