The reason Humperdink looks like a taller version of Farquaad is because the animators modeled the character after Humperdink, as a little nod to The Princess Bride.

One of my friends met Cary Elwes at comic con. She asked him to sign her Princess Bride book. He said, "As you wish my Princess," which made her cry. He called her adorable for crying, which made her cry even more. 😂 She won that day.

“Why the fuck does he got a British accent?” Because unlike some other actor Carey Elwes can do Robin Hood with a British accent.

14:54 - A couple of notes here. The henchman in the Pit of Despair was originally supposed to use that raspy voice for his whole performance, but it wrecked the actor's throat. They wouldn't let him speak normally, though, so one take he started talking but his throat clogged up, so he just cleared his throat and said the rest of the line in his normal voice. The effect was so comedically perfect that they shot the scene like that instead. Second, in the book it's explained that in order to marry Buttercup, Humperdink had to make her a landed princess, so he made her the nominal ruler of a small island that the nation of Florin used as a garbage dump. This gives the old crone's invectives about Buttercup being 'The queen of slime, of muck, of putrescence' a double-meaning.

More Andre would definitely have been great. Sadly at this point in his life, he was often in immense pain and even while filming needed support to hold Robin Wright in his arms during the balcony fall scene at the end of the movie.

The most important arc in the story is the relationship between the boy and his grandfather. At the beginning the boy would rather not even have his grandfather visit and later, not wanting to hear the kissing parts of the story. By the end he doesn't mind the kissing and he wants his grandfather to return the next day to spend time with him. The grandfather's final words to the boy, 'I love you' (through the phrase 'as you wish') are heartwarming. This is why the rest of the story, the fairy tale, has no real character development. It is simply a highly entertaining series of events that make up a shell of a story.

There’s a shortage of perfect films in this world, but this is one of them.

William Goldman's novel also has a "bookend" around the story, but a different one. Goldman says that this was his favorite story as a child, when his father read it to him, and he wanted to find a copy of the book to give his son -- but he found that his father had skipped the boring chapters and just read the good bits. So he negotiated with the author's estate to create an abridged "good parts" edition of The Princess Bride, with his commentary (in a special font) replacing the omitted chapters and lines. All this is fictitious of course: there never was an S. Morgenstern who wrote such a book, and Goldman had two daughters, not a son. Obviously this framework can't transfer to the movies, so something new had to be invented. Hence the business with the sick boy and his grandfather. The script remained in "development hell" for a decade as half a dozen directors tried to adapt it and gave up, it was notorious as the most "unfilmable" property around. Finally Rob Reiner got hold of it and managed to get it made.

I read that Andra loved filming this because everyone on set just treated him the same as everyone else, no one treated him different because of his size.

It used to be more common to have family films that had elements to entertain both adults and kids but contained little to no swearing and gore and while they weren't the most complicated plots in the world they would still have well written dialog and didn't feel like they were dumbed down for kids.

The backstory of Mandy Patinkin's performance in the scene where he fights the six-fingered man is kinda heartbreaking. He'd relatively recently lost his dad to cancer so he played it like he was Inigo was him and the six-fingered man was the cancer that killed his dad. Also, that scene where Inigo and Westley are having their sword fight? Almost every single moment (I think aside from the bar flips?) was actually performed by Mandy and Cary. They trained extensively for MONTHS beforehand to make sure they could pull it off convincingly, and every style they mention - Bonetti's Defense, Capo Ferro, Thibault, Agrippa - is a genuine fencing style. In fact, I'd say the Making Of stuff is almost as fascinating as the movie itself.

The fact that it has taken you two this long to see this movie is inconceivable.

This film, in my humble opinion, may be the most perfect film ever made. I have never met one person who did not love and have wonderful memories of this work. Well done gentlemen. 👏

As for Andre, he was in rough shape and died not long after, they even had to prop him up and support him for the ending when he catches Buttercup, so there is no way they could have used him for more action scenes, he was in agony for a lot, if not all of filming. Given when this was made and the state of swordplay in movies at the time, combined with neither Mandy Patinkin or Cary Elwes being action stars, or coming from stunt and martial arts backgrounds, I don't think they could have really added anymore quality fencing scenes. Both Mandy and Cary were apparently practicing non-stop, virtually every spare second they could, in order to deliver the epic duel at the beginning, which even including switching hands mid fight.

I love the blunt, awkward way this film visualizes fantasy and action, the way a little kid might imagine it as it's read to him. The grandfather/grandson thread is more than just bookends; it's really what the film is "about."

Love this movie and love your reactions!! There is an excellent Stuff You Should Know episode about Andre the Giant, and apparently Andre loved being in this movie so much that he carried a VHS copy of it around with him and made literally *everyone* watch it with him multiple times.

As many others have said, this is a treasured and beloved classic. I don’t know if another film so perfectly captures lightning in a bottle to the point that it appeals and endears itself to just about every audience. I recently learned that it wasn’t considered the commercial success one might assume, given its massive cultural impact; rather, it grew its enormous popularity once available on VHS. Thank you for your reaction!

Not swimming for an hour is such a good line. Being as a kid of the 70s we were never allowed to swim for an hour after eating because most everyone believed it caused severe stomach cramps. Of course it turned out to be just an urban legend. It was pure torture after lunch time for a kid not to swim while everyone else was able to have fun. This was a US thing, I wonder if anyone else had this legend in other countries.

It's one of my most favorite movies. Saw as a kid when it came out. I've seen it a million times. It never gets old and has aged incredibly well.

I watched this movie on vhs so many times on VHS. One of my favorite childhood movies. I showed it with my husband while we were dating and he loved it so much we watched it twice. 🥰Then said he would like to dress up as Wesley for Halloween and me as Princess Buttercup. I said, "Really, would you?" His reply was, "As you wish." Two of my other favorite 80's romance/ fantasy movies are Ladyhawke and Legend. Both came out in 1985.

Good grief, Cary Elwes as Wesley gave me curious feelings as a teenager.

During lockdown a number of Hollywood actors recreated this film. Chris Pine, Penelope Cruz, Hugh Jackman, John Malkovich etc. It features the final performance of Carl Reiner, director Rob Reiner's father. Made when everyone was in isolation, it's a lovely homage to the film. It's called Home Movie: Princess Bride. Well worth a watch!

This is as close as you can get as an adult to feeling the joy and excitement a swashbuckling fairytale brings to a child. It's has distilled child-like wonder and let us drink that sweet draught one more time.

Princess Bride keeps bringing joy to new generations of viewers and Neverending Story continues to traumatize everyone. 80's "kids movies" were the best.

The guard captain whipping his hand off the Prince's armrest is one of my favorite physical gags, so glad you caught it!

Did you all recognize Miracle Max’s wife as the Ghost of Christmas Present from Scrooged? That’s Carol Kane. She brings chaotic energy to movies in such a legendary way. 😂

First time I saw their movie was when one of my friend’s introduced it to me, I immediately fell in love with it. Thanks Shaun and Tom!! 😊 Go Cinema Rules!!!

"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." has been in my lexicon since this came out when I was a teen. Best line in a movie ever. And I own a lot of movie's, so I can vouch for my own statement.

If the quest is to watch every film, I can't wait for your foray into the greatest studio of all time, Troma films.

You'd be hard pressed to find a more wholesome and charming film. It's tongue-in-cheek without the cynical irony generally expressed today.

I think the point of the story being read to the boy is because the story is about love, in all its forms, not just romantic love, but friendship and familial love too. The grandfather is reading the book to his grandson because he loves him, it's a way to spend time with his grandson who is obviously more pre-occupied with video games, it's a way for grandfather and grandson to connect, hence why the Grandfather says "As you wish" to his grandson at the end, remember in the story "As you wish" was really "I love you".

It's all about the dialogue and wit. The characters and plot are simply mocking the tropes of fantasy/fairy tale/adventure tales and movies. Gently. This is timeless and each time you watch it you notice more clever additions.

The sword fight was choreographed my the same person who did the sword fights in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

The ridiculous head shake at 20:09 has me dying every time. I don’t know how they all kept a straight face 😂 what professionals

So many great actors you missed. How can you not have recognised Billy Crystal & Peter Cook?

"It doesn't have a lot of depth..." Sweet Jesus, it was pure fun.

Shaun eyeballing the camera at the start a the film 😶‍🌫😶‍🌫😶‍🌫 I do love this film 🤗🤗 when she throws herself down the hill always makes me laugh 😆😆 R.O.U.S, Fire Swamp it's got some fun fantasy elements.....inconceivable

lol humperskank. glad you guys are back at it in full force. looking forward to your next playlist.

The six fingered man, Christopher Guest, used to be a hereditary peer of the House of Lords as the 5th Baron of Haden-Guest, and is married to Jamie Lee Curtis.

If you like Peter Falk's performance (the grandfather), he's great in The In-Laws (1979) and Wings of Desire (1987).

I'm hyped for this!!!! this is unironically my favourite movie of all time

Mandy Patinkin who plays Inigo confirmed online that when he was filming the fight with the six fingered man he was thinking about his own father who died of cancer and, for him, in that scene, the six fingered man WAS cancer for him.

Omg you're watching This is Us?! I was just thinking I needed to rewatch the series again. It's SO good. You're getting close to the end if he just did his speech in the mirror. :-) I love The Princess Bride. My family and I quote it quite often lol.

Rob Reiner (the director) has made some pretty great films besides this one. When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men just to name a few. He also directed Stand by me which you already have up on your channel. I hope you guys check out some more of his movies.

This is such a wonderful movie! My wife and I were so happy to introduce our boys to it (and they loved it as we do!) We watch it probably once a year. It's one of those feel good, funny, heartfelt, brilliantly acted, perfect balance type of movies. I disagree with the second act straying away from Montoya and Fezzik. Their trio is disbanded, they were all separated (and Vizzini killed). It leaves us wondering what happened to them post Pirate Roberts besting them. I think to show how they get on after would reduce the impact of being reunited with them (and with each other). I always love the ending when Grandpa (Peter Falk) leaves the room and simply says 'As you wish' - telling his grandson I love you! Now 36 years on, it puts a lump in my throat as it reflects how I feel for my kids, and in due time how I'll feel for my grandkids (and I'll love to watch this with them!)

Miracle Max and his wife were played by Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. Just such fun cameos.

I actually just watched this movie for the first time a few weeks ago. Back in the 80's I never had any interest in watching it even though people told me how good it was. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised and I loved it. Very quotable, but my fave line is when Andre The Giant says "Hello Lady"..not sure why but it makes me laugh every time. Great review guys :)

As an 80's kid, I have to say, that decade had some of the most wonderful (The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and the most horrifying (Return to Oz, Secret of NIHM, The Dark Crystal (for some people, I loved that movie) kids movies ever made.

Watched this film almost religiously growing up. When I got married I worked so hard to get my wife to watch it, who was resistant for a while but when she did, she didn't understand why she was resistant in the first place and found it a classic. Her sister soon followed suit lol

The book actually had a longer section focusing on Inigo and Fezzik fighting through the many dangers in the Pit of Despair in order to save Westley, instead of just finding the door. It has a very classic feel of a hero's trials. It would have been fantastic to see this part that focuses on them, but I can understand how it would have been hard to film at the time. Love the reactions!

If you get a chance to look it up, its well worth googling the line "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." to see how mandy patinkin motivated himself for the scene.

I saw this theatrically in 1987 when I was 20 and I really liked it, now that I’m a 56 year old grandpa, I love it.👍

I was confused at first as a kid, I thought he was Zorro..."Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

The novel's framing device is a lot more multilayered and sarcastic, but it also involves the narrator as a boy and his father (not grandpa) reading the book to him as he was sick with pneumonia. And the book changed his life and sparked his coming of age, in a way. So much so that he wanted to share it with his own son later, discovered that the full book was kinda boring, and decided to abridge it into the version his dad read to him. That's why I say Princess Bride isn't really about a farm boy's love for a farmer's daughter, or a swordsmith's son's love for his father, or about how two countries almost went to war, or about how a kid grew to be interested in "kissing books". It's a book about _stories,_ and why we humans tell them and remember them.

My favorite musician, Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits did the score.

Mandy Patinkin who player Montoya is such a great actor. He puts everything he has into any role. You see the rest of the movie is mostly wry humor, tongue-in-cheek jokes, and self aware jokes but Montoya's scenes especially the fight at the end, always seem to carry more weight. I think this kind of dedication is also why whenever Patinkin is part of the main cast in a television series, which he's had a few (Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me, Criminal Minds) he never seems to last more than a season or so. He puts so much into every role, I think he burns himself out kind of quickly.

Great movie. Also, the 6 fingered man is also the Nigel from Spinal Tap.

Got to meet Cary Elwes last year, what a beautiful sweet man! We share the same birthday, October 26th. He’s a great actor with so much range.

Now that you’ve seen the film, I highly recommend the Quarantine Remake. It’s an absolute blast for fans of the original. Basically, to raise one million dollars for charity a ton of famous actors and actresses remade the entire film with homemade sets, props, and costumes. They each got about 2-3 minutes on-screen and most of the characters are played by multiple actors/actresses. Other than one or two, I think you’ll recognize all of them. You’ll find the full version of the “film” on Dornish Queen’s YT channel. There’s also a really special cameo at the end.

This is a movie that everyone should watch at least once in their life. I'm so glad you both experienced this absolute masterpiece of comedy! My face hurts from smiling so much because of your reactions and giggles!

If neither of you guys have seen it already, I’d highly recommend a Goodfellas reaction.

William Goldman wrote this novel and screenplay, and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'Year of the Comet', 'Maverick', 'The Ghost and the Darkness', 'Fierce Creatures', and the screenplay for 'The Great Waldo Pepper', 'The Stepford Wives', 'Marathon Man', 'A Bridge Too Far', 'Misery', 'Chaplin', and 'The General's Daughter' among others.

another fact to add to the comments bellow, when the actor who play's inigo, mandy patinkin, says "i want my father back you s.o.b." he's speaking from the heart, because he lost his father to cancer shortly before this scene i think and he was channeling his anger towards the cancer that took him when he said that line

I’ve watched dozens of these reactions and no one but you two has ever mentioned how the score during inigos duel with the six fingered man matches up so perfectly with the clashing of their swords. It’s so dramatic I love it.

Other films written by William Goldman... Misery (one of the best Stephen King movies) and Magic (with Anthony Hopkins)

They filmed on Eastern Europe. It was very, very cold. André the Giant used to put his hand on Buttercup's head, to keep her warm. He used to also run off and get drunk at farms but the hand thing is nicer. :P

It's been "theorized" by this movie's actors and many other folks that the marketing department of the studio had no idea how to advertise TPB to the public. It covers so many genres, just one depicted on a poster just wouldn't "cut it." Similarly, an illustration that represents all the genres would be confusing to the consumer. Eventually, word of mouth worked best, but it took some time.

“I’m on the brute squad ☺️” “You ARE the brute squad 😳”

Interesting you mentioned Farquart. That character is how Humperdink is described in the book.

P.S. You need to watch This is Spinal Tap for some more Christopher Guest goodness.

Only realised about 15 years after the fact that Buttercup is Jenny Gump.

Great reaction to a great movie! Rob Reiner has the most impressive consecutive string of seven (!) great films starting with This Is Spinal Tap in 1984 through 1992’s A Few Good Men. That might be a fun series because it’s quite a variety of films

The epic duel onto the cliffs of insanity is touted as one of the best sword fights in cinematic history. It is so well done that they show it to young filmmakers in film school. Both Cary and Mandy trained all day every day for months to learn this duel. They had to learn right and left handed fencing. They did all their own stunts except for the backflip off the pole that Wesley does. That was done by an Olympic gymnast. The reason this is so good is that both of them were trained by master swordsmen. Bob Anderson trained legends such as Errol Flynn and did the sword fighting in Zorro. Bob Anderson also does the lightsaber fencing of Darth Vader in Star Wars. He taught everyone how to fence using lightsabers and worked as a stunt double on many occasions. Both men were legends who worked Cary and Mandy to the bone, and that is why they are so good.

Thanks, Tom! Thanks, Shaun! 👸 #CinemaRules #RobReiner #ThePrincessBride

Shaun or "the other one" These guys are like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern amiright? Anyway "whats-his-face" started the joke and "the other one" finished in perfect harmony. So cool. Something like "Twist, we're reading a book" followed by "Larry or whatever" finishing with a strong "And the audience are making a video." Wow I had to pause the video just to post that. Dudes? Are we on the dame f'n drugs right now? (I mean... I know it's not "right now")

We have something almost as big as the R.O.U.S. here in Arizona in the USA. The javelina is a kind of peccary and is on a cousin branch to pigs and hippos. They tend to eat the pumpkin jack-o-lanterns if you leave them out after Halloween. They mostly run away, but if they feel cornered they can do real damage with their tusks, so everyone tends to leave them alone. Or hunt them with small caliber rifles, such as an AR-15 built around .223/5.56.

Christopher Guest (Count Rugen 6th fingers man) In the final fight between Indio, he was actually stabbed in the thigh.

Cary Elwes in Princess Bride, cute and sweet movie and also in Saw, grim and dark horror. Have either of you seen the 70's movie The Dragonslayer? Classic fav.

I love your reactions, and your movie-choice ;) I so loved this movie, when i was young. (am 46 now) and i still do.

I always wish they’d made a sequel about Inigo and Fezzik’s adventures as pirates

The main thing that was in the book and not the film was a really detailed description of the tortures inflicted on Westley in the Pit of Despair (which did not include "the machine," by the way). I read the book first and that totally turned me off to it, so I avoided watching the movie for years. The book is supposed to be "the good parts" version of another book (which doesn't exist) by a fictional author who lived in Florin (which also doesn't exist). As far as I'm concerned, the movie is "the good parts" version of William Goldman's book. I agree that I wanted this movie to be longer, but I'm not sure how it could have been done. They'd already gone to great pains to extend the length of the first sword fight, the one between Inigo and The Man in Black. Andre the Giant's bad back had him in agony throughout the filming of this movie; I think that's why his part in the final scenes was so limited. And Andre had to learn his lines by rote, since he wasn't a native speaker of English. When they went to Miracle Max's house and Fezzik said "I'm on the brute squad," he got his line wrong. When Miracle Max (brilliantly played by Billy Crystal) replied "You ARE the brute squad," that was Billy Crystal reminding Andre of the correct line. And it's a measure of Rob Reiner's brilliance as a director that, instead of shouting "Cut!" and refilming the scene as it was originally written, he recognized this as better and left it in the movie.

Billy Crystal as Miracle Max was fantastic.

I was 10 when this came out. I remember seeing it in the theater and loving it.

Such a great cast Cary Elwes (Robin Hood:Men in tights) Robin Wright (Forest Gump) Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally) Carol Kane (Scrooged) Peter Falk (Colombo)

Prince Humperdinck is Chris Sarandon. You know him as the voice of Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King from “The Nightmare Before Xmas”. The 6-Fingered Man is Christopher Guest. You know his wife, Jamie Lee Curtis, from this channel.

Yessss finally one of my favourite childhood films I was 10 when this was released ahhh happy 80’s memories

My favorite scene is the "BOO" lady! XD She's DEFINITELY Buttercup's future without Wesley.

The novel is the story of Goldman's "re-discovery" of the book HIS grandfather used to read to him, and finding out that it was actually deadly dull, so he "re-wrote" it, just as the "good parts" version. It's a satire, and it's hilarious, but you have to understand the joke from the outset. People who didn't get the joke think it's awful, which, if you DO get the joke, is funny, too. ;) At the end of the novel, there's even a way to supposedly write away to obtain a copy of the "original", but if you do (as I did), you get a notice that the "original" book is "out of stock" (permanently!).

11:22 the most British thing you've ever said, "thank god, his voice was so annoying" hah

Love the movie, love the book. William Goldman is a brilliant writer, and his screenplays are some of the best.

The book, oddly enough, includes a whole lot more geopolitics. The movie really condenses the "good parts", which is part of the point in the book. It's worth reading, but the movie stands alone.

The single greatest sword fight committed to film

Patinkin trained with Henry Harutunian, the head coach of fencing at Yale in the US. Both trained with British stuntmen Peter Diamond (known for sword-training Errol Flynn and as the stunt coordinator/arranger for the original Star Wars trilogy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Highlander) and Bob Anderson (Olympic fencer for Great Britain, body double during the lightsaber duels in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi)

One of the great sword fights in cinema.

I played this movie for my niece and nephew back in the 80’s. When that rodent attacked they both got extremely scared. I tried to downplay it and told them it was just a big kitty. Hours after the movie ended my 8 year old nephew was just sitting quietly and seemed to be deep in thought. What are you thinking about, we asked? Then he said, “That was the ugliest dirtiest kitty I EVER saw!” 😆🤣

I do think there's a reason that the story is being read to the child. Young Fred Savage is bored. He's sick, home from school. He's seen all his VHS movies, watched the Price is Right, and played all the games that come with his system. His Grandfather is trying to introduce him to his own imagination. The ability that the older generations had to read or hear a story and imagine what was happening. It's called Theater of the Mind. And because there are so many books there is no reason to ever be bored. A lot of young people never really become readers, and I think it's harder nowadays because there is pretty much neverending passive entertainment. If you were a child in the eighties and there was nothing on but reruns of Laverne and Shirley or your brother's friends were hogging the Nintendo then books were certainly a lot more attractive. At least to me.

Hey guys! The bookends of the story for the movie actually are pretty meaningful. Follow along. The original book was penned by author Simon S. Morgenstern, and it was an 1800s fictional account including a lot of infodumps about Morgenstern's worldbuilding of the fictional nation of Florin and Guilder, where the story takes place. William Goldman, the author of the novel that the movie was based on, was introduced to S. Morgenstern's work when Goldman's grandfather read the tale to him as a child. He grew up to become an adult, marry, and have a son of his own, all without ever READING S. Morgenstern's work, and when Goldman found a copy of the original book from the 1800s, he bought it and handed it to his son, saying, "My grandfather read this to me, and I loved it, I want you to read it, it's the BEST story." The son hated it and never finished it. Goldman tried to get him to finish it, but it was Goldman's wife who had tried to help their son in his reading who pointed out to Goldman that the book was really awful, hard to read, archaic speech, and the whole first half of it was a rambling mess. So Goldman took the book back from his son and actually tried to read it. That's when he realized "Holy crap, S. Morgenstern's work took the whole first half of the book to introduce the history and the world of Florin and Guilder" and even Goldman couldn't make it through. His grandfather had read to him the story from the book, but his grandfather had read the "Good Parts", picking out the actual story of the Princess Bride, and making it relevant for a young Goldman. So Goldman decided that it was such a shame for this story to be lost to the ages, that he took Morgenstern's work and adapted it for a modern retelling, only taking the "good parts". The grandfather context of reading the tale was a nod to Goldman's own introduction to the story, and now his son, and the rest of modern audiences, could finally get to the story, and not worry about all the infodump worldbuilding from the 1800s. And now you know. Goldman himself describes the story of all of this in his preface to the novel.

How could you guys of skipped the final “as you wish,” I’ll never forgive you.

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Such a wonderful film. I believe Andre was limited in how physical he could be due to back issues.