My favorite story about this film is that Fred Savage (the grandson) auditioned for the part largely because he was a huge wrestling fan and wanted to meet Andre the Giant in person. Only to learn that not only did they not share any scenes together the weren't even filming in the same locations. When Andre learned this he traveled to LA to surprise the boy on set. Spending the day with him and for the rest of his life would make it a point to send Fred handwritten X-mas cards every year..
@LucianDevine Every account of Andre is one of warmth and strength of character (and physically 😊) and how we should all behave to each other. I'm not looking for counter-evidence, despite the septic-sceptic culture of today but... what a beautiful and remarkable person he was. ❤Andre
@ And thankfully, I'm not the kind to go in search of it! I'd rather enjoy all the good stories about him than go in search of the odd bad story that won't even taint his legacy anyway.
Andre the Giant, who played Fezik, was a famous wrestler throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He actually was as strong as the character he portrayed, although at this time in his life, he required a back brace at all times. Sadly, he passed away in 1993. In his younger years, he actually did sometimes wrestler multiple opponents at the same time, just like Fezik said.
Mandy Patinkin that plays Inigo said in an interview, where he drew the emotion for his fight with Count Rugen, the six-fingered man, was that his own father had died of cancer, and he imagined he was saying the lines to and fighting the cancer that took his father from him
Mandy Patimkin says hardly a day goes by that some one doesn't come up to him and says, "My name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
Since this is 1987 Grandpa was probably in his 70s and therefore would have grown up in the 1920s and 30s, about 20 years before television, although there was radio.
As Ed McMahon used to say to Jonny Carson ... YOU ... are correct sir! Peter Falk was born in 1927, a full 20 years before TVs began to be commonplace. My parents didn't have TV growing up and they were both a little younger than Falk. They grew up on radio programs like "Fibber McGee and Molly, "The Shadow", and "Amos 'n' Andy" and such. TV broadcasts started in the 1930s, but the first television shows were experimental, sporadic broadcasts viewable only within a very short range from the broadcast tower. Televised events such as the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany, the 1937 coronation of King George VI in the United Kingdom, and David Sarnoff's famous introduction at the 1939 New York World's Fair in the United States spurred growth in the medium, but World War II put a halt to development until after the war. The 1947 World Series inspired many Americans to buy their first television set, and then in 1948, the popular radio show Texaco Star Theater made the move and became the first weekly televised variety show, earning host Milton Berle the name "Mr. Television", and demonstrating that the medium was a stable, modern form of entertainment that could attract advertisers. The first national live television broadcast in the US took place on September 4, 1951, when President Harry Truman's speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco was transmitted over AT&T's transcontinental cable and microwave radio relay system to broadcast stations in local markets.
@@vincentsaia6545 Yeah. Could be. He would have been 58 or 59 during the filming of the picture and it looks like they were shooting for a 70ish look. Still, even at his real age, in 1987, he was old enough (like my parents who were younger than him, my Dad born in 1928, Mom in 1932) to have grown up in the era before TV.
Count Rugen, the 6-fingered man, is played by Christopher Guest, the multi-talented actor, comedian and director who is also married to Jamie Lee Curtis. His most famous films are probably “This is Spinal Tap,” which he wrote and starred while his friend Rob Reiner directed it, and “Best in Show,” which he wrote and directed. Frequent collaborators include Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara.
I would say that between the ages of 8 (when this came out) and 14....... I probably watched it once every other week 🤷♀️. Between the ages of 15 and 21 it became once every 2 to 3 months 🤷♀️ over the last 25 years, I'd say probably about three times a year. Not including the times it comes on TV and I decide to just leave it on 🤷♀️
When I was a kid my aunt and uncle had a satellite dish (back when that was still a big deal), and they sent us a tonne of movies they'd taped on VHS. There were a bunch of good ones, but from about ages 11 to about 15 I watched Princess Bride, Ghostbusters and Spaceballs an INSANE amount of times.
I remember I saw an interesting video essay once about this movie, it talked about "The Hero's Journey", the standard template that many epic tales tend to use, and it examined each of the obvious main characters in The Princess Bride, and found that none of them had a traditional Hero's Journey... it was the kid. The grandson goes through the steps of the Journey during the inserts of the visit from the grandfather. It sounds weird, but his main "obstacle" was his distaste for the kissing scenes, which he overcame by the end. I don't remember the rest of the points, but I do remember that it all seemed to fit nicely.
A little background on the book because this confuses some people. If you come across a copy of the book, the cover will read "The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure: The 'Good Parts' Version Abridged by William Goldman". Be advised, that title is part of the fiction. There was no S. Morgenstern, and William Goldman created and wrote the story himself. The layers are part of the concept, "meta" before we were using the term that way. In the book, instead of cutting to a grandfather reading the book to a grandson over the course of an afternoon, it's a father and son over a longer period of time (I can't remember if it was weeks or months). The main reason I bring this up is because book stores often have difficulty explaining to customers that there is no "unabridged original" version that they can purchase, it doesn't exist, and if you ever find one it's most likely a scam or a joke.
And if it did exist, according to Goldman, it would be a boring, esoteric political commentary on the economics of the kingdoms of Guilder and Florin which is why he cut out the boring bits about the economy and created a "good parts" version. You provided a great explanation and Goldman is such a brilliant writer - his screenplay for "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" will always be one of my favorites - the dialogue built the partnership of Newman and Redford.
Author William Goldman visited the set on the day they filmed the enchanted forest scene where Wesley and Buttercup are attacked by the ROUS and Buttercup's dress is set on fire and when they came to that part Goldman -who wrote the scene that way - reflexively yelled out, " Her dress is on fire!" The scene was then stopped, the fires were put out, etc but no one said anything to Goldman despite his deep embarrassment about ruining the take. As they were about to start again the producer walked up to him and whispered, " Bill, we're going to do it again. And this time can you please remember that her dress is SUPPOSED to catch fire?"
This movie gets better as we get older, too. Mandy Patinkin's "I want my father back you son of a bitch" is one of the great scenes of the 80s, and Peter Falk's "As you wish..." is so well set up and delivered. Perfect encapsulations of True Love put onto the screen.
According to him, Mandy Patinkin's delivery of that line was partly inspired by the loss of his father to cancer shortly before filming. In fact you can feel the raw emotion when he says it.
@@neil2444 Well, I'm pretty sure he lost his dad at least a decade before filming... but that is still 100% his inspiration and motivation for that line to feel so god damn authentic.
Everybody loves this movie. This is one of the great movies in film history. As to things to watch for when you see it again I can only say there will always be something new you catch on subsequent viewings. It only took me about 20 times to realize that Inigo was about to command a ship called Revenge.
The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies, but when I first saw it, I hated it. That's because it was being shown as a free movie during college exam week to relieve stress, and I had absolutely no idea what it was about. When walking back to the dorm after an exam, I saw the movie poster and thought, "Why Not?". So here's the thing. I was the only person in the theater, and for some reason assumed the movie was a realistic take on a fairy tale, but when I saw the campiness in the beginning, it made me think the movie was not well acted and just a bad. It wasn't until the Cliffs of Despair that I realized it was a comedy... and laughed my butt off for the rest of the movie. This little episode taught me the power of expectations, and setting them properly.
It's always why I try to lower expectations before watching a sequel, because both that I know how hard sequels are to make when the original might be so hyped up and also because I want to enjoy the film, not dissect it like a frog. The star wars prequels got a lot of hate, but I enjoyed them, perhaps if only because I wasn't trying to satisfy some unrealistic expectation based on the original trilogy.
@jamiewilson9280 I was stationed in Germany in the 80s when this movie came out, a bunch of us watched it on VHS. That became our catchphrase when someone had a particularly terrible job to do. 🤣
Fezik The Giant was played by Andre The Giant, full name Andre Rousimoff, probably THE most famous and popular Professional Wrestler EVER. When William Goldman was writing the script for his book, "The Princess Bride", he had Andre in mind as Fezik, and Director Rob Reiner had to talk Andre into doing the part. Thankfully, he did. Andre passed at his farm in North Carolina in 1993, but one of his favorite things to do when he had visitors there, was to show them "The Princess Bride". He was very proud to have done the movie, and it would not have been the same without him. "The Princess Bride" is a ripe subject for re-watchings, multiple times. Truly enjoyed your reaction.
Robin Wright recalls him as an immensely sweet man, already suffering due to complications from his size and career. I think about it every time I watch this.
At 7foot 4inchs (at the time) Andre was the tallest and heaviest actor on screen (545lbs) But he was just a gentle giant. He was a great man in his time. R.I.P Andre.
First TV broadcast in the US, 1928, 1939 first commercial broadcast, mainstream in 1948-ish? First commercial broadcast 1956 in Australia where I am. Between very likely and certain that the 1980s-era grandpa in the movie didn't have TV when he was a kid. A true classic, this one right here.
In his video, "Love To Alaska", Mandy Patinkin confirmed the sweet story behind his performance of Inigo’s confrontation with Count Rugen. Mandy had lost his father to cancer and when he said the line “I want my father back you son-of-a-bitch”, he imagined he’d get to see his father again. Now it makes me tear up a little when I rewatch that scene.
Cary Elwes wrote a book about ten years ago detailing his experiences making this film: "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride". It's a great read with many hilarious, touching, and amazing behind-the-scenes stories, including the most memorable flatulence of Andre the Giant. If you're a fan of this film, get it. Read it. Now. I'M WAITING!!!!
Great reaction. This was my wife and I's first date back in 1987, we still love this movie. My son met Cary Elwes in December at an anniversary party for The Princess Bride.
One of my generations greatest entertainers... Billy Crystal... is Miracle Max. We'd seen him a million times. His beautiful wife was Carol Kane whom we were introduced to in the iconic tv series, Taxi. One of my favorite movies of all time!
Rob reiner, the director, and Christopher guest, count Rugan, both worked on This Spinal Tap. Mia you should definately watch that, its great. Thanks for another fabulous video!
_Andre (the Giant)_ was especially proud of his role in this movie. He had it on VHS before it was out, and would invite his fellow wrestlers to watch it with him in his hotel room. _Lanny Poffo_ mentioned watching it half a dozen times, because _Andre_ kept asking him. He'd insist on him ordering anything from the hotel menu, just to sit and watch it with him and talk about it.
So, about 25 years or more. Some friends and I have watched this movie 2 to 3 times a year since it came out on 📼 type. So, one day at a youth convention ( we had been working with our local youth group during college.) At this youth convention, we had 3 hrs of downtime. A handful of us from my youth group went to the local mall. When we got there, some of the boys wanted to go rock climbing. At one of the displays there. My friend and I looked at each other and said "SEE, THE CLIFFS OF INSANITY!!!" So, we signed up as well. He went first and got to the top of the wall before I started. There was a platform behind the wall, so if you didn't want to repel down the wall. You could take the back steps down. My friend stayed at the top of the wall as I was climbing up. Just as I go halfway up. He started the scene, "Hello there, slow going?" And for the next few minutes, we played out that scene by heart. After I got to the top there was a big crowd watching the whole thing. Cheers gang out. That was fun and nerve-racking to do the scene and rock climbing at the same time. But some much fun.
Rob Reiner directed so a string of hit movies in the 80s and 90s: “Thus is Spinal Tap,” “Stand by Me, “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Misery,” “A Few Good Men,” and “Ghosts of Mississippi.”
Yeah, both Wallace Shawn and Carol Kane are veteran actors who have done a butt load of great stuff. Wallace Shawn is the Ferengi leader Zek on Deep Space Nine, the voice of the dinosaur toy in the Toy Story movies, and one of Sheldon's favourite teachers on Young Sheldon. Carol Kane got her big break on the classic sitcom Taxi, and the other stuff I know her from are Transylvania 6-5000 (obscure cult classic comedy from the early 80s with an insane cast including Jeff Goldblum and Michael Richards), and Scrooged. More recently she's on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (I haven't been watching SNW, I only found out that she was on the show when I watched clips from the musical episode).
I remember Wallace Shawn as the voice of Mr. Huff, Bob's boss in the animated movie The Incredibles, as well as one of Cher's teachers in Clueless. My first time seeing Carol Kane was in the 1970s sitcom Taxi's later episodes. She played Simka, Ladka's girlfriend/(later) wife.
@ronfehr7899 YES! The Incredibles was the other one I was trying to remember, thank you (and I saw Clueless when it first came out but I had forgotten about that one)
Harry Hamlin brought his kids on set to meet Andre the Giant. Unfortunately, they ran the other way. Andre said they either run to me or away from me. My heart goes out to a man. RIP Andre.
This is the love story for men and the adventure story for women. There's something for everyone. Andre the Giant was a complicated man. By most accounts, he was a nice guy. However, he had his vices. He was so large, he could drink a case of beer in a sitting and not feel it. A regular 12-ounce beer can looked like a toy in his huge mitts. Billy Crystal played Miracle Max. You should watch _City Slickers_ and _When Harry Met Sally_ for more of him -- if you haven't already.
The Princess Bride is always suggested when it comes to reaction videos and I will always watch them for the love of seeing someone else fall in love with it! I hope you will be mentioning “As You Wish” from now on when anyone says, “I love you”
The author of the story is Oscar-winning writer William Goldman who grew up in Illinois. Notice the little boy is named Billy and he's wearing a Chicago Bears jersey.
I just want to see the edit where the grandpa says at the end, "As you wish." And starts to leave the room. And then turns back and says; "And just one last thing.. " 😂 It's a magical movie. And 'polarising' only in 'people with emotions and love' vs everyone else. Or is that an oversimplification? Thanks Popcorn Roulette for reminding me I've not watched it for a few years now. And to Mia for going on that journey with me again. As you wish. 🥰
You noticed that Inigo gave Count Rougen (the six-fingered man) the same scars on his face that Rougen gave him. Everyone sees that, but I think I watched the movie about ten times before I noticed that every wound Inigo gave him matched the wounds Rougen gave Inigo: the cheek scars, a stab in each shoulder, and the final blow was the thrust into his gut, which matched the wound from the knife Rougen threw at him as he entetred the chamber.
At that time, this was one of two movies that came under the radar out of nowhere that absolutely stole the viewer's hearts and are worth thousands of re-watches. The other was Edward Scissorhands
Great reaction Mia! This movie is a constant in our house! Everyone loves it - such a feel good, rewatchable flick! The whole cast is perfection (especially Andre (as Fezzik) - sure he's not the best actor, but here it doesn't matter - he injects such an honest innocence, and humour!) You know Wallace Shawn likely from his many voice roles perhaps? (Toy Story - as Rex, The Incredibles - Insuracare Manager - Gilbert Huph, Monsters Inc. - also Rex). This movie gets better the more you watch it! My wife and I have used 'As you wish', and many other lines often. I actually get a bit teary eyed at the end when Grandpa says it (notably since I became a father) - it just hits different! Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers from Canada, eh!
So Mia you share the same name as one of my 80's crush. So a couple of things. The actual author of this book was asked how he came up with the story. He had two daughters and sat down to read them a bedtime story. One wanted a story about a princess and one wanted a story about a bride. Hence the Princess bride. Now the much more important story Mandy Patankin "Indigo" lost his father to cancer prior to filming this movie. The actor playing "count rugen" actually got terrified by Mandy's passion during his final scene. Much love and keep on keepin on J.
Wallace Shawn is known to younger audiences by his voice work - Rex the dinosaur in Toy Story, and Mr. Incredible's boss at the insurance company, for example. He was also in Clueless, Canadian Bacon, and Vegas Vacation.
This is probably one of the most quoted movies and certainly one of the most rewatchable. Just previous to this film, Cary Elwes had teamed up with Helena Bonham Carter on the Trevor Nunn directed, Lady Jane (1986) and the not yet famous (The Wonder Years, 1988-93) Fred Savage played the grandson, and I remembered Wallace Shawn from the captivating My Dinner with Andre (1981), which he co-wrote and starred with André Gregory. He was also the voice of Rex in Pixar’s Toy Story (1995). Peter Falk was certainly known from the long running ‘70s television series, Columbo, where he played the lead, the tenacious and brilliant police detective, Lt. Columbo. Mandy Patinkin, certainly needed no introduction. He was a rising star. The Tony Award winning actor (Evita, 1979) had been nominated for a second Tony for his work in Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and had starred with Barbra Streisand in Yentl (1983). While André the Giant had dabbled in film and television, The Princess Bride is what he is best remembered for, in the role of Fezzik. I don’t think anyone else could have captured the charm of his character.
Great movie. This movie is for everyone boys and girls it is such a great movie. This movie is based on a book where the person who wrote the book wrote the screenplay for this movie. The scene with Wesley and the six finger man when the six finger man hit him in the head was real and the actor who plays Wesley had to go to the hospital. There was real spark between the main actors in real life Westley and Buttercup that's why it works. Andre the giant used his big hands to protect Robin Wright (Buttercup ) head when she was cold on the set. You should also watch Lady Hawk, Wilow, Labyrinth 1986 and The Never Ending Story.
I have watched this movie many dozens of times and I can attest it is just as good every single time, one, of my all time favorite movies from a time when movie makers still understood how to perform their craft well
Andre Roussimoff, best known as Andre the Giant, a 7’4” wrestler, played Fezzik. It was after his wrestling days and he was in great pain for much of the filming. He loved the part so much that he carried a VHS tape of the movie every where he went until his death. The Miracle Max scene was almost completely improvised with Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. Most of the other actors broke character so much they had to cut them out of scenes. Director Rob Reiner and Billy were close friends, so Rob just told him to riff. Great movie and I loved your reaction. “As you wish!”
The 2 actors, Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin, rehearsed the sword fight on the Cliffs for the whole shoot, working with 2 swordmasters in every spare moment. They did the whole thing, except for the flips on the bar.
Hey Mia, I agree thia was a great film, and if your like the rest of it you'll watch it every chance you get! I can't pass up watching any part. Thanks for the chance to watch again. Great reactions. Have an awesome day!!🎉
I love this movie so damn much. I can't even count the amount of times I've seen it, but it is just one of those movies you can watch over-and-over-and-over yet still never grow sick of. It's paced so well, has a terrific story, and the blend between the story and the "story book" and the grandpa+grandson is done so well. Such a classic.
A fun fact is that Andre had to use a 4 wheel ATV to get around the set. He let Cary Elwes ride the ATV. Cary hurt his toe on the ATV. This why, when you watch the movie you notice he is trying not to put too much pressure on one of his feet.
keep up the great reactions Mia i played oregon trail in high school when it came out in the 80s...love reading your face during the movie blessed be cannabis is the way..overgrow overshare overcare overseed everywhere worldwide ..stay warm and safe ..cheers totally acted out romero and juliette in 9th grade english class i cant spell still lol
36:49 This lines still gives me goosebumps whenever I watch the movie. Best line in the whole movie. The wonderful Carol Kane also played Grandma in Addams Family Values, and the Ghost of Christmas Present in Scrooged. She first rose to fame in the 70s sitcom, Taxi. Miracle Max was played by Billy Crystal.
Director Carl Reiner just turned Billy Crystal loose, and he ad-libbed nearly the whole Miracle Max scene. They had to substitute a dummy for Cary Elwes because he couldn't stop laughing. I think Inigo didn't die because he got some residue from Miracle Max's huge lifesaving pill on his fingers. The final scene when the grandfather says "As you wish" to the kid is the best scene in the whole show. You can't change my mind.
A fantastic film that still moves me after the 50th watch. Cary Elwes, Wesley, worth a fum book about the makimg of the film, "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride". It's a fun read ans/or llisten with the audiobook.
Andre loved being on the set of Princess Bride. He said that everywhere else he went, people looked at and treated hum differently, but on set, he was just another castmate. Nobody treated him any differently because of his size.
To answer Mia's question, I had the part of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. Best part in the play, imo. His lines are so clever, and he's just entertainingly unhinged.
@@BouillaBased when my Grade 11 class did a read through, I specifically asked to be Mercutio, and as far as I could tell I was literally the only one who cares about it.
Billy Crystal played Miracle Max and improvised most of his dialogue. It was different every take and had director Rob Reiner laughing so hard he spoiled take after take. Finally he had to banish himself from the set so they could get a clean take. Mandy Patinkin had to keep from laughing and said he bruised ribs in the process. I loved the book when I read it before the movie happened and was terrified when I heard the movie was being made because it could so easily have been messed up. Then I heard that Rob Reiner was to direct; that's all I needed to know.
This was the movie that a bunch of actors made a "home video" version of during quarantine for charity. They had to be their own prop masters, which makes for utter hilarity; Hugh Jackman with a bamboo steamer as a makeshift crown is one of many examples.
My favorite movie of all time. I just saw it a few weeks ago with the music performed live by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and it brought literal tears to my eyes. Truly a perfect movie.
Love this movie, one of my favorites! Something for everybody: action, comedy, romance, drama. 🙂 The XO on my 1st submarine (XO is like Spock or Riker on Star Trek) had a voice that sounded just like the "inconceivable" guy, though they looked nothing alike. But everybody liked him (on a submarine everybody knows everybody else, only 120 people aboard, and the boat is 560 feet long (170 m)) and he was great at submarine warfare. We were always trying to trick him into saying "inconceivable" lmao. 🙂
Vincini was the voice of Rex in all of the Toy Story movies. Westley was Robin Hood in “robin hood: Men in tights” and liar liar, Inigo Montoya is in the show Criminal Minds, Buttercup was Jenny in Forest Gump, grandpa was Colombo in the old show Colombo. The boy is Fred savage who made the show Modern family and was a big staple in the 80’s kids movies like Wizard and little monsters. Carol Kane was in a lot of movies as well but I remember her mostly from Scrooged the Ghost of Christmas present. And of course, Andre the giant who played fezzig was a WWE wrestler.
Inigo wonders what time do with his life, and Wesley advises piracy -- because Roberts' ship is named "The Revenge". So he may go from being the servant of revenge, to being its master.
Andre the Giant went to a bar with some friends. He had spent a lifetime getting mocked and ridiculed because of his size and unusual looks. Even after he was famous. He was 7’4” and weighed 520 lbs. A group of obnoxious frat boys started verbally harassing him, calling him names and eventually throwing beer cans at him. He was a kind, generous and patient guy but he had enough. He followed them outside and when they got in their car he flipped it upside down. Just then the police pulled up. After hearing the story (I’m guessing they were fans) they arrested the frat boys for harassing Andre. 😂
No advice from me really. You just have to watch the movie so many times that you can literally quote the entire thing from start to finish, then take up random conversations in public with complete strangers and quote the movie to each other. Yes, that's a real thing and I'm not exaggerating one bit.
I've heard that the reason that Inigo was able to survive all those stab wounds was because he kissed the miracle pill for luck before giving it to Westley, and some of the miracle got passed to him. I believe that was written in the book.
Inigo managed to recover from the stomach wound Rugen gave him, because he kissed Miracle Max's miracle pill, before administering it to Westley. He got a tiny little bit of miracle, for himself.
"I'm not a witch, I'm yer wife!" is one of my most favorite lines from this - perfect delivery timing :D Carol Kane was also Grandmama Addams in the 2nd Addams' Family movie, but not sure if you've covered that yet :)
Uh, no. There were very few TVs in homes when Peter Falk (born in 1927) was a child of 10 or so. Movies & radio, yes. TVs, no. Facts: Though the 1st TVs were invented in the 1920s (in experimental form - not exactly useful to the public as no broadcasting entities existed), they weren't widely available until much later. TV became more common after WWII and replaced radio as the dominant media entertainment in the 1950s. So, Falk had to be about 25 when TVs started to become more commonplace in the US. (Before 1947 only a few thousand TVs were in homes. The number jumped to12M 5 yrs later. Half of US homes had TVs by 1955). fyi. I see everyone's chiming in on this subject. (lol). We're (most of us) only offering facts to help you, not for criticism.
Something a lot of people miss is that Inigo bites off a piece of the miracle pill before putting it in Westley's mouth, which is how he survived count Rugen's stabs.
FYI: Peter Faulk, the grandfather, absolutely didn't have TV when he was his age. He was born in 1927, the first commercially available TVs were not available until 1938 and those cost over 400 dollars in 1930's money. The average car was 700 dollars. So only a very small percentage of homes even had a TV. 2:30 It wasn't until after WWII that TVs took off.
Yes I played Oregon Trail. Mandy Patinkin has two of the greatest and quotable lines in this movie. “You use that word, I don’t think it means what you think it means” and of course “My name is Enrico Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to die”. Finally at this point Andre was almost completely broken down. He had just had knee and back surgery before the movie. You should find out what lead to the Director Rob Reiner asking “Andre are you OK?“ to which Andre responded “much better now Boss“. RIP Andre May 19, 1946 - January 28, 1993.
I saw this in the theater when it was first released, showed it to my wife in the first couple months of our marriage. She loved it as much as I did. We would get ready to go to a wedding at one point she would stop, look at me solemnly and say “Mawwage.”
Wallace Shawn: Star Trek DS9, Young Sheldon, My Dinner with Andre, the Toy Story movies... Carol Kane: Taxi, Scrooged, the Addams Family movies, Star Trek Discovery...
Oregon trail was a fun game... but very frustrating. I remember playing it in elementary school, and rarely ever got to the end because of time constraints. Floating across rivers was always a nightmare because you'd lose so many goods. That, and broken wagon axles or tongues. You couldn't just haul spare parts with you.
This movie wasnt very popular when it came out. Carey Elwes knew it had become popular when he ordered a burger at a restaurant and the waitress asked how he wanted cooked. After he told her she responded with "as you wish"
Ir is a shame that gigantism comes with health problems and Andre died at age 46. While a terror for his opponents in the wrestling ring he was by all accounts a lovely man otherwise.
Mia: "I need to see the fire swamp." - giant spurt of flames erupts inexplicably from the earth- Mia: "That makes sense." Me: Ummm...is that a thing that happens where you live? ... Miracle Max: "And as everyone knows 'to blaive' means 'to bluff'." Mia: (nods bead in agreement) Me: Umm...is that a thing they say where you live?
Millennials. The Grandfather is in his late 60's in 1987. He's obviously retired so let's say 67 to make the math easy. So that would mean he was born in 1920. Which means when he was 12-13 years old like the grandson it was 1932/33 or so. They did not have television.
Peter Falk was born in 1927, the same year that Philo T. Farnsworth introduced the first TV set, so TVs did exist when he was 11, the age Fred Savage was in this film, but it would still be a couple decades before they would become commonplace.
My favorite story about this film is that Fred Savage (the grandson) auditioned for the part largely because he was a huge wrestling fan and wanted to meet Andre the Giant in person. Only to learn that not only did they not share any scenes together the weren't even filming in the same locations. When Andre learned this he traveled to LA to surprise the boy on set. Spending the day with him and for the rest of his life would make it a point to send Fred handwritten X-mas cards every year..
That's classic Andre right there.
@LucianDevine Every account of Andre is one of warmth and strength of character (and physically 😊) and how we should all behave to each other.
I'm not looking for counter-evidence, despite the septic-sceptic culture of today but... what a beautiful and remarkable person he was.
❤Andre
@ And thankfully, I'm not the kind to go in search of it! I'd rather enjoy all the good stories about him than go in search of the odd bad story that won't even taint his legacy anyway.
Andre the Giant, who played Fezik, was a famous wrestler throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He actually was as strong as the character he portrayed, although at this time in his life, he required a back brace at all times. Sadly, he passed away in 1993.
In his younger years, he actually did sometimes wrestler multiple opponents at the same time, just like Fezik said.
Mandy Patinkin that plays Inigo said in an interview, where he drew the emotion for his fight with Count Rugen, the six-fingered man, was that his own father had died of cancer, and he imagined he was saying the lines to and fighting the cancer that took his father from him
Mandy Patimkin says hardly a day goes by that some one doesn't come up to him and says, "My name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
And yet he still lives, implying he has successfully fought and killed each of them. Inconceivable!
@@StephenRichmond89 Maybe he didn't kill each one. Maybe he just left all of them with scars on both cheeks to remember him by.
Since this is 1987 Grandpa was probably in his 70s and therefore would have grown up in the 1920s and 30s, about 20 years before television, although there was radio.
As Ed McMahon used to say to Jonny Carson ... YOU ... are correct sir! Peter Falk was born in 1927, a full 20 years before TVs began to be commonplace. My parents didn't have TV growing up and they were both a little younger than Falk. They grew up on radio programs like "Fibber McGee and Molly, "The Shadow", and "Amos 'n' Andy" and such. TV broadcasts started in the 1930s, but the first television shows were experimental, sporadic broadcasts viewable only within a very short range from the broadcast tower. Televised events such as the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany, the 1937 coronation of King George VI in the United Kingdom, and David Sarnoff's famous introduction at the 1939 New York World's Fair in the United States spurred growth in the medium, but World War II put a halt to development until after the war. The 1947 World Series inspired many Americans to buy their first television set, and then in 1948, the popular radio show Texaco Star Theater made the move and became the first weekly televised variety show, earning host Milton Berle the name "Mr. Television", and demonstrating that the medium was a stable, modern form of entertainment that could attract advertisers. The first national live television broadcast in the US took place on September 4, 1951, when President Harry Truman's speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco was transmitted over AT&T's transcontinental cable and microwave radio relay system to broadcast stations in local markets.
right, television most definitely did NOT exist when Peter Falk (the grandpa) was a child. Radio, movies (single screen theaters) and books.
@donaldcordner1936 Peter Falk was probably younger than the character.
@@vincentsaia6545 Yeah. Could be. He would have been 58 or 59 during the filming of the picture and it looks like they were shooting for a 70ish look. Still, even at his real age, in 1987, he was old enough (like my parents who were younger than him, my Dad born in 1928, Mom in 1932) to have grown up in the era before TV.
Check out mechanical televisions from the 1800s. They're a trip.
Count Rugen, the 6-fingered man, is played by Christopher Guest, the multi-talented actor, comedian and director who is also married to Jamie Lee Curtis. His most famous films are probably “This is Spinal Tap,” which he wrote and starred while his friend Rob Reiner directed it, and “Best in Show,” which he wrote and directed.
Frequent collaborators include Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara.
Christopher Guest also plays the base doctor in "A Few Good Men".....
I seen it pointed out before too, in Spinal Tap the amp went to 11, in this his fingers go to 11.
@@stockcarracer333 That totally flew past me all this time..... LoL......
@@stockcarracer333 "Sucking Life" would've made a great Spinal Tap single
This IS one of the most re-watchable movies ever made. I long ago lost track of how many times I've watched it.
I would say that between the ages of 8 (when this came out) and 14....... I probably watched it once every other week 🤷♀️. Between the ages of 15 and 21 it became once every 2 to 3 months 🤷♀️ over the last 25 years, I'd say probably about three times a year. Not including the times it comes on TV and I decide to just leave it on 🤷♀️
I died laughing watching the home movie version
I mean, Pedro Pascal, Hugh Jackman, Rainn Wilson, Jack Black, etc
@@StevesTubes I own 2 copies of this movie so that I still have a copy of one of them on case the other one stops working. Haha.
When I was a kid my aunt and uncle had a satellite dish (back when that was still a big deal), and they sent us a tonne of movies they'd taped on VHS. There were a bunch of good ones, but from about ages 11 to about 15 I watched Princess Bride, Ghostbusters and Spaceballs an INSANE amount of times.
Andre the Giant had a 16 second fart on the bridge scene. The director asked if he was ok, Andre said "I am now boss".
The director should've asked if everyone else was OK.
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@@Bookworm-ye9qi Actually, that part is true.
Princess Bride is definitely timeless. It can be watched dozens of times without growing old.
Me too
I remember I saw an interesting video essay once about this movie, it talked about "The Hero's Journey", the standard template that many epic tales tend to use, and it examined each of the obvious main characters in The Princess Bride, and found that none of them had a traditional Hero's Journey... it was the kid. The grandson goes through the steps of the Journey during the inserts of the visit from the grandfather. It sounds weird, but his main "obstacle" was his distaste for the kissing scenes, which he overcame by the end. I don't remember the rest of the points, but I do remember that it all seemed to fit nicely.
Good point. The character development is in the kid more so than in any of the characters in the fairy tale.
Never thought of Fred Savage's character arc in this movie lol but they're right.
A little background on the book because this confuses some people. If you come across a copy of the book, the cover will read "The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure: The 'Good Parts' Version Abridged by William Goldman". Be advised, that title is part of the fiction. There was no S. Morgenstern, and William Goldman created and wrote the story himself. The layers are part of the concept, "meta" before we were using the term that way. In the book, instead of cutting to a grandfather reading the book to a grandson over the course of an afternoon, it's a father and son over a longer period of time (I can't remember if it was weeks or months). The main reason I bring this up is because book stores often have difficulty explaining to customers that there is no "unabridged original" version that they can purchase, it doesn't exist, and if you ever find one it's most likely a scam or a joke.
And if it did exist, according to Goldman, it would be a boring, esoteric political commentary on the economics of the kingdoms of Guilder and Florin which is why he cut out the boring bits about the economy and created a "good parts" version. You provided a great explanation and Goldman is such a brilliant writer - his screenplay for "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" will always be one of my favorites - the dialogue built the partnership of Newman and Redford.
@@DC_Prox Newer editions also have the first chapter of a sequel that doesn't exist.
Author William Goldman visited the set on the day they filmed the enchanted forest scene where Wesley and Buttercup are attacked by the ROUS and Buttercup's dress is set on fire and when they came to that part Goldman -who wrote the scene that way - reflexively yelled out, " Her dress is on fire!" The scene was then stopped, the fires were put out, etc but no one said anything to Goldman despite his deep embarrassment about ruining the take. As they were about to start again the producer walked up to him and whispered, " Bill, we're going to do it again. And this time can you please remember that her dress is SUPPOSED to catch fire?"
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This movie gets better as we get older, too. Mandy Patinkin's "I want my father back you son of a bitch" is one of the great scenes of the 80s, and Peter Falk's "As you wish..." is so well set up and delivered. Perfect encapsulations of True Love put onto the screen.
According to him, Mandy Patinkin's delivery of that line was partly inspired by the loss of his father to cancer shortly before filming. In fact you can feel the raw emotion when he says it.
He says it in his own n voice and drops the accent
He said he envisioned the six fingered man as cancer
@@neil2444 Well, I'm pretty sure he lost his dad at least a decade before filming... but that is still 100% his inspiration and motivation for that line to feel so god damn authentic.
Everybody loves this movie. This is one of the great movies in film history. As to things to watch for when you see it again I can only say there will always be something new you catch on subsequent viewings. It only took me about 20 times to realize that Inigo was about to command a ship called Revenge.
Which still keeps him soundly in the "Revenge" business that he commented he was leaving behind towards the end of the film!
The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies, but when I first saw it, I hated it. That's because it was being shown as a free movie during college exam week to relieve stress, and I had absolutely no idea what it was about. When walking back to the dorm after an exam, I saw the movie poster and thought, "Why Not?". So here's the thing. I was the only person in the theater, and for some reason assumed the movie was a realistic take on a fairy tale, but when I saw the campiness in the beginning, it made me think the movie was not well acted and just a bad. It wasn't until the Cliffs of Despair that I realized it was a comedy... and laughed my butt off for the rest of the movie. This little episode taught me the power of expectations, and setting them properly.
It's always why I try to lower expectations before watching a sequel, because both that I know how hard sequels are to make when the original might be so hyped up and also because I want to enjoy the film, not dissect it like a frog. The star wars prequels got a lot of hate, but I enjoyed them, perhaps if only because I wasn't trying to satisfy some unrealistic expectation based on the original trilogy.
I'm guessing it was Wallace Shawn yelling at Andre the Giant that tipped you off 😂
No more rhymes now, I mean it.
Out of those four white horses, which one is thinking, "Gee, I hope I don't get the giant"
Yes.
the Men in Tights subtitles bit : "She's got to be kidding! " and the horse sidesteps... :P
‘Have fun storming the castle!’
@jamiewilson9280 I was stationed in Germany in the 80s when this movie came out, a bunch of us watched it on VHS. That became our catchphrase when someone had a particularly terrible job to do. 🤣
Fezik The Giant was played by Andre The Giant, full name Andre Rousimoff, probably THE most famous and popular Professional Wrestler EVER. When William Goldman was writing the script for his book, "The Princess Bride", he had Andre in mind as Fezik, and Director Rob Reiner had to talk Andre into doing the part. Thankfully, he did. Andre passed at his farm in North Carolina in 1993, but one of his favorite things to do when he had visitors there, was to show them "The Princess Bride". He was very proud to have done the movie, and it would not have been the same without him. "The Princess Bride" is a ripe subject for re-watchings, multiple times. Truly enjoyed your reaction.
Robin Wright recalls him as an immensely sweet man, already suffering due to complications from his size and career. I think about it every time I watch this.
At 7foot 4inchs (at the time) Andre was the tallest and heaviest actor on screen (545lbs)
But he was just a gentle giant. He was a great man in his time.
R.I.P Andre.
First TV broadcast in the US, 1928, 1939 first commercial broadcast, mainstream in 1948-ish? First commercial broadcast 1956 in Australia where I am. Between very likely and certain that the 1980s-era grandpa in the movie didn't have TV when he was a kid.
A true classic, this one right here.
In his video, "Love To Alaska", Mandy Patinkin confirmed the sweet story behind his performance of Inigo’s confrontation with Count Rugen. Mandy had lost his father to cancer and when he said the line “I want my father back you son-of-a-bitch”, he imagined he’d get to see his father again. Now it makes me tear up a little when I rewatch that scene.
Cary Elwes wrote a book about ten years ago detailing his experiences making this film: "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride". It's a great read with many hilarious, touching, and amazing behind-the-scenes stories, including the most memorable flatulence of Andre the Giant. If you're a fan of this film, get it. Read it. Now. I'M WAITING!!!!
And he’s out on a book tour right now!
He and Mandy Patinkin did all of the sword fight themselves, save for the acrobatic part with the bar too.
If you are a fan, you can't not laugh at the "home video" version.
It's an inconceivably good book.
@@michaeldavid6284 The audio book is extra good as it's read by Elwes himself, with guest appearances by many of the cast to read their quotes.
Great reaction.
This was my wife and I's first date back in 1987, we still love this movie.
My son met Cary Elwes in December at an anniversary party for The Princess Bride.
One of my generations greatest entertainers... Billy Crystal... is Miracle Max. We'd seen him a million times. His beautiful wife was Carol Kane whom we were introduced to in the iconic tv series, Taxi. One of my favorite movies of all time!
Princess Buttercup is also Jenny from Forrest Gump!
Rob reiner, the director, and Christopher guest, count Rugan, both worked on This Spinal Tap. Mia you should definately watch that, its great.
Thanks for another fabulous video!
The Wonder Years and Columbo. : )
_Andre (the Giant)_ was especially proud of his role in this movie. He had it on VHS before it was out, and would invite his fellow wrestlers to watch it with him in his hotel room. _Lanny Poffo_ mentioned watching it half a dozen times, because _Andre_ kept asking him. He'd insist on him ordering anything from the hotel menu, just to sit and watch it with him and talk about it.
So, about 25 years or more. Some friends and I have watched this movie 2 to 3 times a year since it came out on 📼 type. So, one day at a youth convention ( we had been working with our local youth group during college.) At this youth convention, we had 3 hrs of downtime. A handful of us from my youth group went to the local mall.
When we got there, some of the boys wanted to go rock climbing. At one of the displays there. My friend and I looked at each other and said "SEE, THE CLIFFS OF INSANITY!!!" So, we signed up as well. He went first and got to the top of the wall before I started. There was a platform behind the wall, so if you didn't want to repel down the wall. You could take the back steps down. My friend stayed at the top of the wall as I was climbing up. Just as I go halfway up. He started the scene, "Hello there, slow going?" And for the next few minutes, we played out that scene by heart. After I got to the top there was a big crowd watching the whole thing. Cheers gang out. That was fun and nerve-racking to do the scene and rock climbing at the same time. But some much fun.
Rob Reiner directed so a string of hit movies in the 80s and 90s: “Thus is Spinal Tap,” “Stand by Me, “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Misery,” “A Few Good Men,” and “Ghosts of Mississippi.”
This film is such a gem. It never gets old.
Yeah, both Wallace Shawn and Carol Kane are veteran actors who have done a butt load of great stuff. Wallace Shawn is the Ferengi leader Zek on Deep Space Nine, the voice of the dinosaur toy in the Toy Story movies, and one of Sheldon's favourite teachers on Young Sheldon. Carol Kane got her big break on the classic sitcom Taxi, and the other stuff I know her from are Transylvania 6-5000 (obscure cult classic comedy from the early 80s with an insane cast including Jeff Goldblum and Michael Richards), and Scrooged. More recently she's on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (I haven't been watching SNW, I only found out that she was on the show when I watched clips from the musical episode).
I remember Wallace Shawn as the voice of Mr. Huff, Bob's boss in the animated movie The Incredibles, as well as one of Cher's teachers in Clueless.
My first time seeing Carol Kane was in the 1970s sitcom Taxi's later episodes. She played Simka, Ladka's girlfriend/(later) wife.
@ronfehr7899 YES! The Incredibles was the other one I was trying to remember, thank you (and I saw Clueless when it first came out but I had forgotten about that one)
Wally Shawn was also one of Annie Hall's previous BF's in the movie Annie Hall... Woody allen refers to him as 'a homunculus' in the movie
Harry Hamlin brought his kids on set to meet Andre the Giant. Unfortunately, they ran the other way. Andre said they either run to me or away from me. My heart goes out to a man. RIP Andre.
This is the love story for men and the adventure story for women. There's something for everyone.
Andre the Giant was a complicated man. By most accounts, he was a nice guy. However, he had his vices. He was so large, he could drink a case of beer in a sitting and not feel it. A regular 12-ounce beer can looked like a toy in his huge mitts.
Billy Crystal played Miracle Max. You should watch _City Slickers_ and _When Harry Met Sally_ for more of him -- if you haven't already.
The Princess Bride is always suggested when it comes to reaction videos and I will always watch them for the love of seeing someone else fall in love with it!
I hope you will be mentioning “As You Wish” from now on when anyone says, “I love you”
The author of the story is Oscar-winning writer William Goldman who grew up in Illinois. Notice the little boy is named Billy and he's wearing a Chicago Bears jersey.
Plus, Da Bears had recently won the Super Bowl in 1985. ✌🏻
I kept waiting for Grandpa to say "One more thing..."
I just want to see the edit where the grandpa says at the end, "As you wish." And starts to leave the room.
And then turns back and says; "And just one last thing.. " 😂
It's a magical movie. And 'polarising' only in 'people with emotions and love' vs everyone else. Or is that an oversimplification?
Thanks Popcorn Roulette for reminding me I've not watched it for a few years now.
And to Mia for going on that journey with me again.
As you wish. 🥰
You noticed that Inigo gave Count Rougen (the six-fingered man) the same scars on his face that Rougen gave him. Everyone sees that, but I think I watched the movie about ten times before I noticed that every wound Inigo gave him matched the wounds Rougen gave Inigo: the cheek scars, a stab in each shoulder, and the final blow was the thrust into his gut, which matched the wound from the knife Rougen threw at him as he entetred the chamber.
At that time, this was one of two movies that came under the radar out of nowhere that absolutely stole the viewer's hearts and are worth thousands of re-watches. The other was Edward Scissorhands
Great reaction Mia! This movie is a constant in our house! Everyone loves it - such a feel good, rewatchable flick!
The whole cast is perfection (especially Andre (as Fezzik) - sure he's not the best actor, but here it doesn't matter - he injects such an honest innocence, and humour!) You know Wallace Shawn likely from his many voice roles perhaps? (Toy Story - as Rex, The Incredibles - Insuracare Manager - Gilbert Huph, Monsters Inc. - also Rex).
This movie gets better the more you watch it! My wife and I have used 'As you wish', and many other lines often. I actually get a bit teary eyed at the end when Grandpa says it (notably since I became a father) - it just hits different!
Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers from Canada, eh!
This movie is such a great blend of romantic, heroic, and silly. 🥰✊😁
So Mia you share the same name as one of my 80's crush. So a couple of things. The actual author of this book was asked how he came up with the story. He had two daughters and sat down to read them a bedtime story. One wanted a story about a princess and one wanted a story about a bride. Hence the Princess bride. Now the much more important story Mandy Patankin "Indigo" lost his father to cancer prior to filming this movie. The actor playing "count rugen" actually got terrified by Mandy's passion during his final scene. Much love and keep on keepin on J.
Wallace Shawn is known to younger audiences by his voice work - Rex the dinosaur in Toy Story, and Mr. Incredible's boss at the insurance company, for example. He was also in Clueless, Canadian Bacon, and Vegas Vacation.
This is probably one of the most quoted movies and certainly one of the most rewatchable.
Just previous to this film, Cary Elwes had teamed up with Helena Bonham Carter on the Trevor Nunn directed, Lady Jane (1986) and the not yet famous (The Wonder Years, 1988-93) Fred Savage played the grandson, and I remembered Wallace Shawn from the captivating My Dinner with Andre (1981), which he co-wrote and starred with André Gregory. He was also the voice of Rex in Pixar’s Toy Story (1995). Peter Falk was certainly known from the long running ‘70s television series, Columbo, where he played the lead, the tenacious and brilliant police detective, Lt. Columbo. Mandy Patinkin, certainly needed no introduction. He was a rising star. The Tony Award winning actor (Evita, 1979) had been nominated for a second Tony for his work in Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and had starred with Barbra Streisand in Yentl (1983). While André the Giant had dabbled in film and television, The Princess Bride is what he is best remembered for, in the role of Fezzik. I don’t think anyone else could have captured the charm of his character.
Great movie. This movie is for everyone boys and girls it is such a great movie. This movie is based on a book where the person who wrote the book wrote the screenplay for this movie. The scene with Wesley and the six finger man when the six finger man hit him in the head was real and the actor who plays Wesley had to go to the hospital. There was real spark between the main actors in real life Westley and Buttercup that's why it works. Andre the giant used his big hands to protect Robin Wright (Buttercup ) head when she was cold on the set. You should also watch Lady Hawk, Wilow, Labyrinth 1986 and The Never Ending Story.
Yes!
Ladyhawke (1985)
Willow (1988)
Labyrinth (1986)
The Never Ending Story (1984)
also
Legend (1985)
Mia, this movie is absolutely beloved by most everyone who has seen it. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I hope you will again and again!
I have watched this movie many dozens of times and I can attest it is just as good every single time, one, of my all time favorite movies from a time when movie makers still understood how to perform their craft well
Andre Roussimoff, best known as Andre the Giant, a 7’4” wrestler, played Fezzik. It was after his wrestling days and he was in great pain for much of the filming. He loved the part so much that he carried a VHS tape of the movie every where he went until his death. The Miracle Max scene was almost completely improvised with Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. Most of the other actors broke character so much they had to cut them out of scenes. Director Rob Reiner and Billy were close friends, so Rob just told him to riff. Great movie and I loved your reaction. “As you wish!”
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The 2 actors, Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin, rehearsed the sword fight on the Cliffs for the whole shoot, working with 2 swordmasters in every spare moment. They did the whole thing, except for the flips on the bar.
Hey Mia, I agree thia was a great film, and if your like the rest of it you'll watch it every chance you get! I can't pass up watching any part. Thanks for the chance to watch again. Great reactions. Have an awesome day!!🎉
Such a delight to see your reaction to this amazing movie, Amelia… er, Mia! 😊
I love this movie so damn much. I can't even count the amount of times I've seen it, but it is just one of those movies you can watch over-and-over-and-over yet still never grow sick of. It's paced so well, has a terrific story, and the blend between the story and the "story book" and the grandpa+grandson is done so well. Such a classic.
A fun fact is that Andre had to use a 4 wheel ATV to get around the set. He let Cary Elwes ride the ATV. Cary hurt his toe on the ATV. This why, when you watch the movie you notice he is trying not to put too much pressure on one of his feet.
keep up the great reactions Mia i played oregon trail in high school when it came out in the 80s...love reading your face during the movie blessed be cannabis is the way..overgrow overshare overcare overseed everywhere worldwide ..stay warm and safe ..cheers totally acted out romero and juliette in 9th grade english class i cant spell still lol
36:49 This lines still gives me goosebumps whenever I watch the movie. Best line in the whole movie.
The wonderful Carol Kane also played Grandma in Addams Family Values, and the Ghost of Christmas Present in Scrooged. She first rose to fame in the 70s sitcom, Taxi.
Miracle Max was played by Billy Crystal.
Director Carl Reiner just turned Billy Crystal loose, and he ad-libbed nearly the whole Miracle Max scene. They had to substitute a dummy for Cary Elwes because he couldn't stop laughing. I think Inigo didn't die because he got some residue from Miracle Max's huge lifesaving pill on his fingers.
The final scene when the grandfather says "As you wish" to the kid is the best scene in the whole show. You can't change my mind.
@@justwondering5651 Chocolate coating will always be a good thing.
A fantastic film that still moves me after the 50th watch. Cary Elwes, Wesley, worth a fum book about the makimg of the film, "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride". It's a fun read ans/or llisten with the audiobook.
Another fun romp is the home movie version that was filmed for charity during quarantine.
Lord Farquaad in Shrek was definitely inspired by Prince Humperdink.
Andre loved being on the set of Princess Bride. He said that everywhere else he went, people looked at and treated hum differently, but on set, he was just another castmate. Nobody treated him any differently because of his size.
To answer Mia's question, I had the part of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. Best part in the play, imo. His lines are so clever, and he's just entertainingly unhinged.
I played him in a read-through. Loved hamming up his death scene. 😆
@@BouillaBased when my Grade 11 class did a read through, I specifically asked to be Mercutio, and as far as I could tell I was literally the only one who cares about it.
Billy Crystal played Miracle Max and improvised most of his dialogue. It was different every take and had director Rob Reiner laughing so hard he spoiled take after take. Finally he had to banish himself from the set so they could get a clean take. Mandy Patinkin had to keep from laughing and said he bruised ribs in the process.
I loved the book when I read it before the movie happened and was terrified when I heard the movie was being made because it could so easily have been messed up. Then I heard that Rob Reiner was to direct; that's all I needed to know.
This was the movie that a bunch of actors made a "home video" version of during quarantine for charity.
They had to be their own prop masters, which makes for utter hilarity; Hugh Jackman with a bamboo steamer as a makeshift crown is one of many examples.
My favorite movie of all time. I just saw it a few weeks ago with the music performed live by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and it brought literal tears to my eyes. Truly a perfect movie.
There are many amazing movies in this world. But this one will never stop being my personal number one ❤️
Colombo.
That is all.
😊
Oh ...just one more thing
But just one more thing...
When Darth Vader says to the Emperor 'As you wish,' what he is really saying is, 'I love you.'
Another gem from your home, I love it! Great reaction, as per usual! 🥰
Love this movie, one of my favorites! Something for everybody: action, comedy, romance, drama. 🙂
The XO on my 1st submarine (XO is like Spock or Riker on Star Trek) had a voice that sounded just like the "inconceivable" guy, though they looked nothing alike. But everybody liked him (on a submarine everybody knows everybody else, only 120 people aboard, and the boat is 560 feet long (170 m)) and he was great at submarine warfare.
We were always trying to trick him into saying "inconceivable" lmao. 🙂
Vincini was the voice of Rex in all of the Toy Story movies. Westley was Robin Hood in “robin hood: Men in tights” and liar liar, Inigo Montoya is in the show Criminal Minds, Buttercup was Jenny in Forest Gump, grandpa was Colombo in the old show Colombo. The boy is Fred savage who made the show Modern family and was a big staple in the 80’s kids movies like Wizard and little monsters. Carol Kane was in a lot of movies as well but I remember her mostly from Scrooged the Ghost of Christmas present. And of course, Andre the giant who played fezzig was a WWE wrestler.
Inigo wonders what time do with his life, and Wesley advises piracy -- because Roberts' ship is named "The Revenge". So he may go from being the servant of revenge, to being its master.
Andre the Giant went to a bar with some friends. He had spent a lifetime getting mocked and ridiculed because of his size and unusual looks. Even after he was famous. He was 7’4” and weighed 520 lbs. A group of obnoxious frat boys started verbally harassing him, calling him names and eventually throwing beer cans at him. He was a kind, generous and patient guy but he had enough.
He followed them outside and when they got in their car he flipped it upside down.
Just then the police pulled up. After hearing the story (I’m guessing they were fans) they arrested the frat boys for harassing Andre. 😂
I died from dysentery about a hundred times on the Oregon Trail.
@@Iriscinemaco I spent the last year building up an immunity to dysentery.
At least you didn't drown fording the river...
@@gymmay2 lol!
rest in peace Andre the gentle Giant. I wish you had lived long enough to watch a whole new generation of kids and adults fall in love with you.
No advice from me really. You just have to watch the movie so many times that you can literally quote the entire thing from start to finish, then take up random conversations in public with complete strangers and quote the movie to each other. Yes, that's a real thing and I'm not exaggerating one bit.
Inconceivable
@uncmello you keep using that word... I don't think it means what you think it means...
As you wish.
Anybody want a peanut?
Have fun stormin' da castle.
Think it'll woik?
@@melenatorr it'll take a miracle...
I've heard that the reason that Inigo was able to survive all those stab wounds was because he kissed the miracle pill for luck before giving it to Westley, and some of the miracle got passed to him. I believe that was written in the book.
It's so easy to hate Wallace Shawn, (Vizzini) in this movie. But it's so easy to love him in "Young Sheldon". A testament to his acting genius!
Inigo managed to recover from the stomach wound Rugen gave him, because he kissed Miracle Max's miracle pill, before administering it to Westley. He got a tiny little bit of miracle, for himself.
"I'm not a witch, I'm yer wife!" is one of my most favorite lines from this - perfect delivery timing :D
Carol Kane was also Grandmama Addams in the 2nd Addams' Family movie, but not sure if you've covered that yet :)
They just barely had television when I was a kid. We had a choice of one channel and it broadcast from 6am till 10pm. That was in 1952.
Uh, no. There were very few TVs in homes when Peter Falk (born in 1927) was a child of 10 or so. Movies & radio, yes. TVs, no.
Facts: Though the 1st TVs were invented in the 1920s (in experimental form - not exactly useful to the public as no broadcasting entities existed), they weren't widely available until much later. TV became more common after WWII and replaced radio as the dominant media entertainment in the 1950s. So, Falk had to be about 25 when TVs started to become more commonplace in the US. (Before 1947 only a few thousand TVs were in homes. The number jumped to12M 5 yrs later. Half of US homes had TVs by 1955). fyi.
I see everyone's chiming in on this subject. (lol). We're (most of us) only offering facts to help you, not for criticism.
Something a lot of people miss is that Inigo bites off a piece of the miracle pill before putting it in Westley's mouth, which is how he survived count Rugen's stabs.
29:25 "Nooo..." :)
I can't decide if "Return of the Jedi" or "The Princess Bride" is my favorite movie of all time.
You probably know the voice of Wallace Shawn. He was the voice of the T-Rex toy in the Toy Story movies.
FYI: Peter Faulk, the grandfather, absolutely didn't have TV when he was his age. He was born in 1927, the first commercially available TVs were not available until 1938 and those cost over 400 dollars in 1930's money. The average car was 700 dollars. So only a very small percentage of homes even had a TV. 2:30 It wasn't until after WWII that TVs took off.
Yes I played Oregon Trail. Mandy Patinkin has two of the greatest and quotable lines in this movie. “You use that word, I don’t think it means what you think it means” and of course “My name is Enrico Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to die”. Finally at this point Andre was almost completely broken down. He had just had knee and back surgery before the movie. You should find out what lead to the Director Rob Reiner asking “Andre are you OK?“ to which Andre responded “much better now Boss“. RIP Andre May 19, 1946 - January 28, 1993.
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You could easily cosplay as Buttercup. One of my favorite movies.
Mia is the Princess cause she played Oregon Trail! ❤😂
"I'm sucking life." "You're sucking AT life!" Good one there, deserves a golf clap.
I saw this in the theater when it was first released, showed it to my wife in the first couple months of our marriage. She loved it as much as I did. We would get ready to go to a wedding at one point she would stop, look at me solemnly and say “Mawwage.”
Wallace Shawn: Star Trek DS9, Young Sheldon, My Dinner with Andre, the Toy Story movies...
Carol Kane: Taxi, Scrooged, the Addams Family movies, Star Trek Discovery...
Oregon trail was a fun game... but very frustrating. I remember playing it in elementary school, and rarely ever got to the end because of time constraints. Floating across rivers was always a nightmare because you'd lose so many goods. That, and broken wagon axles or tongues. You couldn't just haul spare parts with you.
Masters of the Universe action figures ❤❤❤
This is in my top 5 favorite movies, along with Tombstone, Gettysburg, Shawshank Redemption, and Blues Brothers.
This movie wasnt very popular when it came out. Carey Elwes knew it had become popular when he ordered a burger at a restaurant and the waitress asked how he wanted cooked. After he told her she responded with "as you wish"
You could react to "Ladyhawke" and "The Man from Snowy River." 🙂
Ir is a shame that gigantism comes with health problems and Andre died at age 46. While a terror for his opponents in the wrestling ring he was by all accounts a lovely man otherwise.
Mia: "I need to see the fire swamp."
- giant spurt of flames erupts inexplicably from the earth-
Mia: "That makes sense."
Me: Ummm...is that a thing that happens where you live?
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Miracle Max: "And as everyone knows 'to blaive' means 'to bluff'."
Mia: (nods bead in agreement)
Me: Umm...is that a thing they say where you live?
Millennials. The Grandfather is in his late 60's in 1987. He's obviously retired so let's say 67 to make the math easy. So that would mean he was born in 1920. Which means when he was 12-13 years old like the grandson it was 1932/33 or so. They did not have television.
Peter Falk was born in 1927, the same year that Philo T. Farnsworth introduced the first TV set, so TVs did exist when he was 11, the age Fred Savage was in this film, but it would still be a couple decades before they would become commonplace.