The Princess Bride Page #24

FEZZIK:

(following orders)

How long do we have to wait

before we know if the miracle

works?

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INIGO:

Pill in hand, he drops it into Westley's mouth.

INIGO:

Your guess is as good as mine --

WESTLEY:

(frantic)

I'll beat you both apart. I'll

take you both together.

FEZZIK:

Guess not very long.

Inigo and FEZZIK react. Westley is the only one not amazed.

WESTLEY:

Why won't my arms move?

He sits there, immobile, like a ventriloquist's dummy.

FEZZIK:

You've been mostly dead all day.

INIGO:

We had Miracle Max make a pill to

bring you back.

WESTLEY:

Who are you? -- Are we enemies?

Why am I on this wall? -- Where's

Buttercup? --

INIGO:

Let me explain --

(pauses very briefly)

-- No, there is too much. Let me

sum up.

(MORE)

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99.

INIGO (CONT'D)

Buttercup is marrying Humperdinck

in a little less than half an

hour, so all we have to do is get

in, break up the wedding, steal

the Princess, make our escape

after I kill Count Rugen.

WESTLEY:

That doesn't leave much time for

dilly dallying.

He is watching his fingers, one of which twitches now.

FEZZIK:

You've just wiggled your finger.

That's wonderful.

WESTLEY:

I've always been a quick healer.

(to Inigo)

What are our liabilities?

INIGO:

There is but one working castle

gate.

Fezzik helps Inigo raise Westley just high enough so he can

see for himself.

INIGO:

And it is guarded by sixty men.

WESTLEY:

And our assets?

INIGO:

Your brains, Fezzik's strength,

my steel.

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WESTLEY:

absolutely stunned.

WESTLEY:

That's it? Impossible. If I had a

month to plan, maybe I could come

up with something. But this...

He shakes his head from side to side.

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100.

INIGO AND FEZZIK

FEZZIK:

(trying to be cheery)

You just shook your head -- that

doesn't make you happy?

WESTLEY:

My brains, his steel, and your

strength against sixty men, and

you think a little head jiggle is

supposed to make me happy? I

mean, if we only had a

wheelbarrow, that would be

something.

INIGO:

Where did we put that wheelbarrow

the Albino had?

FEZZIK:

Over the Albino, I think.

WESTLEY:

Well, why didn't you list that

among our assets in the first

place? What I wouldn't give for a

holocaust cloak.

INIGO:

There we cannot help you.

FEZZIK:

(pulling one out)

Will this do?

INIGO:

(to Fezzik-- surprised)

Where did you get that?

FEZZIK:

At Miracle Max's. It fit so nice,

he said I could keep it.

WESTLEY:

All right, all right. Come on,

help me up.

Inigo and Fezzik do.

WESTLEY:

Now, I'll need a sword eventually.

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101.

INIGO:

Why? You can't even lift one.

WESTLEY:

True, but that's hardly common

knowledge, is it?

(And his bead tilts

limply back. Fezzik

sets it up right for him)

Thank you. Now, there may be

problems once we're inside.

INIGO:

I'll say -- how do I find the

Count? -- Once I do, how do I

find you again? -- Once I find

you again, how do we escape? --

FEZZIK:

(sharply)

Don't pester him, he's had a hard

day.

INIGO:

(nods)

Right, right, sorry.

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A SHOT OF THE THREE OF THEM IN PROFILE

They move along the wall in silence for a time. Then these

words come to us on the wind --

FEZZIK:

Inigo.

INIGO:

What?

FEZZIK:

I hope we win...

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BUTTERCUP:

in her bridal gown, and she's incredible. It's not just her

beauty; there's a tranquillity about her now.

PULL BACK TO REVEAL

The Prince, fastening a pearl necklace around her.

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102.

HUMPERDINCK:

You don't seem excited, my little

muffin.

BUTTERCUP:

Should I be?

HUMPERDINCK:

Brides often are, I'm told.

BUTTERCUP:

(gently, confidently)

I do not marry tonight.

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BUTTERCUP:

and she couldn't seem more serene.

BUTTERCUP:

My Westley will save me.

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HER WESTLEY:

looking down on the gate with Inigo and Fezzik.

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THE MAIN GATE OF THE CASTLE

-- and Yellin, standing there, flanked by his sixty Brutes.

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