The Princess Bride
It's as real as the feelings you feel.
Country
Budget
$16 000 000
Box office
$30 861 665
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Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Norman Garwood
Audition
Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins
Editing
Robert Leighton
Whole Team (39)
Whole Team (39)
Short description
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. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
What's left behind the scenes
- Richard Lester was slated to direct—he had gained fame in the 1960s as the director of the Beatles' films 'A Hard Day's Night' and 'Help!', and later directed the second and third Superman movies. However, the management at Fox suddenly changed, and the adaptation got stuck in 'development hell' for a long time. Desperate and tired of waiting, Goldman bought back the rights to his own book with his own money.
- Robert Redford almost filmed the adaptation, nearly assembling a cast (Colin Firth as Westley, Sting as Prince Humperdinck, Arnold Schwarzenegger as the giant Fezzik), but filming never began: Redford couldn't raise enough of a budget.
- The film is based on William Goldman's novel "The Princess Bride" (1973).
- André the Giant – a man of the kindest soul, according to his colleagues on set – was French and spoke very little English, so the director recorded his lines on tape so that André could learn them by ear. In life, he turned out to be not at all the strongman he was as Fezzik. He suffered from constant pain – his joints and bones could no longer cope with his wrestling weight of 240 kg. The actor fought pain with alcohol and could not carry a lot of people on his back. Therefore, the scene in which Wesley (as the Man in Black) is hanging on Fezzik’s neck was shot in close-up – in fact, Cary Elwes rested his feet on a solid surface.
- The film is based on the novel 'The Princess Bride' (1973) by William Goldman.
- Christopher Reeve (Superman) was interested in the role of Wesley.
- In 1973, William Goldman, a successful Hollywood screenwriter (winner of two Oscars for the scripts of the classic films 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and 'All the President's Men'), decided to publish as a separate book a fairy tale he had been telling his two daughters. To his surprise, it proved to be far more popular than the 'adult' thrillers with which Goldman had hoped to build a literary career. Almost immediately, 'The Princess Bride' became a national bestseller, and the author was offered $500,000 for the screen rights.
- Robert Redford nearly directed the adaptation and had almost assembled a cast (Colin Firth as Westley, Sting as Prince Humperdinck, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the giant Fezzik), but filming never began because Redford was unable to secure a sufficient budget.
- In 1973, William Goldman, a successful Hollywood screenwriter (two "Oscars" for the screenplays of the classic films "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All the President's Men"), decided to publish a fairy tale he had been telling to his two daughters as a separate book. To his surprise, it proved far more popular than the "adult" thrillers on which Goldman had hoped to build a literary career. "The Princess Bride" immediately became a national bestseller, and the author was offered $500,000 for the screenplay rights.
- Richard Lester was to direct – he gained fame in the 1960s as the director of the Beatles films "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!", and later directed the second and third Superman films. But suddenly, the leadership at Fox changed, and the adaptation became stuck in "development hell" for a long time. Desperate to wait no longer, Goldman bought back the rights to his book with his own money.
- Christopher Reeve (Superman) was interested in the role of Westley.
- André the Giant—a man of the kindest soul, according to his colleagues on set—was French and spoke very little English, so the director recorded his lines on tape so that André could learn them by ear. In real life, he was not as much of a powerhouse as Fezzik. He suffered from constant pain; by that time, his joints and bones could no longer support his wrestler's weight of 240 kg. The actor fought the pain with alcohol and was unable to carry other people. Therefore, the scene in which Westley (as the Man in Black) hangs from Fezzik's neck was shot in a close-up—in reality, Cary Elwes was bracing his feet against a solid surface.
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