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- Cary Elwes – Westley. Cary Elwes of Saw fame plays love-struck farmhand Westley who falls hard for Princess Buttercup. After leaving the fictional land of Florin to seek his fortune, he is attacked by pirates and presumed dead only to return five years later to find his beloved betrothed to another and kidnapped by outlaws.
- Robin Wright – Princess Buttercup. Played by House Of Cards’ Robin Wright, Buttercup is the Princess Bride of the title. After Westley goes missing Buttercup is forced to into an engagement with the odious Prince Humperdinck who plans to kill the princess-to-be and blame it on a neighboring country for political gain.
- Chris Sarandon – Prince Humperdinck. The sleazy Humperdinck is played by Chris Sarandon who also voiced Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
- Wallace Shawn – Vizzini. Legend has it Danny DeVito was almost cast as villain Vizzini but it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Wallace Shawn playing him.
The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Robin Wright.
Oct 9, 1987 · The Princess Bride: Directed by Rob Reiner. With Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest. A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Rob Reiner
- 1987-10-09
- Robin Wright (Princess Buttercup) Since her turn as Princess Buttercup, Wright has become a household name, starring in films like Forrest Gump (1994), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and Wonder Woman (2017), as well as Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and Justice League (2017).
- Cary Elwes (Westley) Everyone's favorite farmboy/pirate (who's only mostly dead) went on to steadily appear in movies like 1989's Glory and the Mel Brooks 1993 comedy Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
- Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya) Even before he first uttered Inigo's famous line, Mandy Patinkin was an accomplished film and theater performer, winning a Tony for his role as Che in Evita and going on to originate a handful of other key Broadway roles.
- André the Giant (Fezzik) Nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, professional wrestler André the Giant stood over 7 feet tall as a result of his gigantism.
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Guy Fletcher. Mark Knopfler. David John. William Goldman. In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size.
