The Princess Bride ( film ) - wikipedia The Princess Bride ( film ) The Princess Bride Theatrical release poster Directed by Rob Reiner Produced by Andrew Scheinman Rob Reiner Screenplay by William Goldman Based on The Princess Bride by William Goldman Starring Cary Elwes Mandy Patinkin Chris Sarandon Christopher Guest Wallace Shawn André the Giant Robin Wright Peter Falk Billy Crystal Music by Mark Knopfler Cinematography Adrian Biddle Edited by Robert Leighton Production company Act III Communications Buttercup Films The Princess Bride Ltd. Distributed by 20th Century Fox ( North America ) Vestron Pictures ( International ) Release date September 25, 1987 ( 1987 - 09 - 25 ) Running time 98 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $16 million Box office $30.9 million The Princess Bride is a 1987 American romantic fantasy adventure comedy - drama film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant and Christopher Guest. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel of the same name, it tells the story about a farmhand named Westley, accompanied by befriended companions along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The story is presented in the film as a book being read by a grandfather ( Peter Falk ) to his sick grandson ( Fred Savage ), thus effectively preserving the novel 's narrative style. Released in the United States on September 25, 1987, the film is number 50 on Bravo 's `` 100 Funniest Movies '', number 88 on The American Film Institute 's ( AFI ) `` AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Passions '' list of the 100 greatest film love stories, and 46 in Channel 4 's 50 Greatest Comedy Films list. In 2016, the film was inducted into the National Film Registry, being deemed as `` culturally, historically or aesthetically significant ''. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Framing story 2.2 Main story 3 Production 4 Soundtrack 5 Reception 5.1 Box office 5.2 Critical response 5.3 Legacy 6 Post-theatrical release 7 Adaptations 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links Plot The film is an enactment of the following story read by a sick boy 's grandfather as the boy sits in bed listening, framed and occasionally interrupted by scenes of the reading. A beautiful young woman named Buttercup lives on a farm in the fictional country of Florin. Whenever she orders the farmhand Westley to do chores for her, he complies and answers `` As you wish. '' Eventually she realizes he loves her and admits her love for him. Westley leaves to seek his fortune so they can marry, but his ship is attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts. Five years later, believing Westley is dead, Buttercup reluctantly agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin. Before the wedding, she is kidnapped by three outlaws : a short Sicilian boss named Vizzini, a gigantic wrestler from Greenland named Fezzik, and a Spanish fencing master named Inigo Montoya, who seeks revenge against the six - fingered man who killed his father. The outlaws are pursued by Prince Humperdinck with a complement of soldiers, and also by a masked man in black. The man in black catches up to the outlaws at the top of the Cliffs of Insanity, where he defeats Inigo in a duel and knocks him unconscious, chokes Fezzik until he blacks out, and kills Vizzini by tricking him into drinking poison. When he tells Buttercup he is Roberts, she becomes enraged at him for killing Westley and shoves him into a gorge, wishing death upon him, but she realizes he is Westley himself when he replies `` As you wish ! '' She throws herself into the gorge after him, and they flee through the dangerous Fire Swamp. When they are captured on the other side by Humperdinck and his sadistic six - fingered vizier Count Rugen, Buttercup agrees to return with Humperdinck in exchange for Westley 's release, but Humperdinck secretly orders Rugen to lock Westley in the castle torture chamber. When Buttercup expresses unhappiness at marrying Humperdinck, he promises to search for Westley, but his real plan is to start a war with the neighboring country of Guilder by killing Buttercup and framing them for her death. Buttercup taunts Humperdinck after learning that he never tried to find Westley. Enraged, Humperdinck tortures Westley almost to death. Meanwhile, Inigo and Fezzik meet when Humperdinck orders a gang of goons to arrest the thieves in a nearby forest, and Fezzik tells Inigo about Rugen. Inigo decides that they need Westley 's help to get into the castle, and when he hears cries of anguish, he realizes they must be from Westley. Inigo and Fezzik find Westley and fear him dead. Upon bringing him to a `` magic man '', however, they learn that Westley is `` only mostly dead '', and the magic man revives him to a state of heavy paralysis. After Westley, Inigo, and Fezzik invade the castle, Humperdinck orders the wedding ceremony shortened and Inigo finds and kills Rugen in a duel, repeatedly reciting his greeting of vengeance : `` Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. '' Westley finds Buttercup, who is about to commit suicide, and assures her that her marriage is invalid because she never said `` I do. '' Still partly paralyzed, he bluffs his way out of a duel with Humperdinck, then rides away with Buttercup, Inigo, and Fezzik. Back in the boy 's bedroom, the boy asks his grandfather to read the story to him again the next day, to which the grandfather replies, `` As you wish '', which, as he explained earlier, means `` I love you. '' Cast Framing story Peter Falk as Grandpa / The Narrator Fred Savage as The Grandson Betsy Brantley as The Mother Main story Cary Elwes as Westley / Dread Pirate Roberts / The Man in Black Robin Wright as Buttercup / The Princess Bride Chris Sarandon as Prince Humperdinck Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya Christopher Guest as Count Tyrone Rugen André the Giant as Fezzik Wallace Shawn as Vizzini Billy Crystal as Miracle Max Carol Kane as Valerie, Max 's wife Peter Cook as The Impressive Clergyman Mel Smith as The Albino Margery Mason as The Ancient Booer Malcolm Storry as Yellin, a soldier of Florin Willoughby Gray as The King Production There had been many attempts to turn the novel into a film. In 1973, 20th Century Fox paid Goldman $500,000 for the film rights and to do a screenplay. Richard Lester was signed to direct and the movie was almost made, but the head of production at Fox was fired and the project was put on hiatus. Goldman subsequently bought back the film rights to the novel with his own money. The movie was almost financed several times over the next decade -- at one stage in the early 1980s, Christopher Reeve was interested in playing Westley -- before Rob Reiner managed to secure funding from Norman Lear. The Cliffs of Insanity are actually the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland. The film was shot in various locations in Great Britain and Ireland : Carl Wark, Sheffield, England Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England Lathkill Dale where it meets Cales Dale ( the ' Battle of wits ' scene ) Cave Dale, Castleton, Derbyshire, England Bradley Rocks and Robin Hood 's Stride, Birchover, Derbyshire, England Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland ( for the Cliffs of Insanity ) Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Penshurst Place, Kent, England Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin learned to fence ( both left - and right - handed ) for the film ( reportedly spending all their free time during the production practicing with fencing instructors Bob Anderson and Peter Diamond, and with each other ). The actors performed all of the fencing in the sword fight scene personally, although stunt doubles were used for the two somersaults. Popular professional wrestler André the Giant had undergone major back surgery prior to filming and, despite his great size and strength, could not support the weight of Cary Elwes during their fight scene or Robin Wright for a scene at the end of the film. For the wrestling scene, when Elwes was pretending to hang on André 's back, he was actually walking on a series of ramps below the camera during close - ups. For the wide shots, a stunt double took the place of André. When he was apparently carrying Wright, she was actually suspended by cables. Soundtrack Main article : The Princess Bride ( album ) The original soundtrack album was composed by Mark Knopfler, and released by Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Vertigo Records internationally in November 1987. The album contains the song `` Storybook Love '', performed by Willy DeVille and produced by Mark Knopfler. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 60th Academy Awards. In his audio commentary of the film on the special edition DVD, director Rob Reiner said that only Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits could create a soundtrack to capture the film 's quirky yet romantic nature. Reiner was an admirer of Knopfler 's work but did not know him before working on the film. He sent the script to him hoping he would agree to score the film. Knopfler agreed on one condition : that somewhere in the film Reiner would include the USS Coral Sea ( CV - 43 ) baseball cap ( which had been modified to say `` USS Ooral Sea OV - 4B '' ) he wore as Marty DiBergi in This Is Spinal Tap. Reiner was unable to produce the original cap, but did include a similar cap in the grandson 's room. Knopfler later said he was joking. Reception Box Office The film was initially a modest success, grossing $30.8 million at the United States and Canada box office, on a $16 million production budget. Critical response The Princess Bride received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 97 % `` Certified Fresh '' rating, based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3 / 10. The site 's consensus states : `` A delightfully postmodern fairy tale, The Princess Bride is a deft, intelligent mix of swashbuckling, romance, and comedy that takes an age - old damsel - in - distress story and makes it fresh. '' On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 77 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating `` generally favorable reviews. '' Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film a `` two thumbs up '' rating on their television program. Ebert also wrote a very favorable print review in his column for the Chicago Sun - Times. Richard Corliss of Time said the film was fun for the whole family, and later, Time listed the film as one of the `` Best of ' 87 ''. Janet Maslin of The New York Times praised the cast and the sweetness of the film. Legacy The Princess Bride was not a major box - office success, but it became a cult classic after its release to the home video market. The film is widely regarded as eminently quotable. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted The Princess Bride the 38th greatest comedy film of all time. In 2006, William Goldman 's screenplay was selected by the Writers Guild of America as the 84th best screenplay of all time ; it earned the same ranking in the Guild 's 2013 update. The film was selected number 88 on The American Film Institute 's ( AFI ) `` AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Passions '' listing the 100 greatest film love stories of all time. BBC Radio 5 's resident film critic, Mark Kermode, is a fan of the film, frequently considering it a model to which similar films aspire.. American Film Institute lists AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Laughs -- Nominated AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Passions -- No. 88 AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes : `` Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father ; prepare to die ! '' -- Nominated AFI 's 10 Top 10 -- Nominated Fantasy Film In December 2011, director Jason Reitman staged a live dramatic reading of The Princess Bride script at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ( LACMA ), with Paul Rudd as Westley ; Mindy Kaling as Buttercup ; Patton Oswalt as Vizzini ; Kevin Pollak as Miracle Max ; Goran Visnjic as Inigo Montoya ; Cary Elwes ( switching roles ) as Humperdinck ; director Rob Reiner as the grandfather ; and Fred Savage reprising his role as the grandson. In 2013, director Ari Folman released a live action / animation film, The Congress, directly referencing the film and starring Robin Wright herself as a digitally cloned actress. Post-theatrical release In North America, the film was released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1988 by Nelson Entertainment, the latter being a `` bare bones '' release in unmatted full screen. New Line Home Video reissued the VHS in 1994. The Criterion Collection released a matted widescreen version, bare bones version on laserdisc in 1989, supplementing it with liner notes. In 1997 Criterion re-released the Laserdisc as a `` special edition ''. This edition was widescreen and included an audio commentary by Rob Reiner, William Goldman, Andrew Scheinman, Billy Crystal, and Peter Falk ; excerpts from the novel read by Rob Reiner ; behind the scenes footage ; a production scrapbook by unit photographer Clive Coote ; design sketches by production designer Norman Garwood ; and excerpts from the television series Morton and Hayes, directed by Christopher Guest. By 2000, MGM had acquired the US home video rights to the film ( as part of the `` pre-1996 Polygram film library '' package ) and released the film on VHS and DVD. The DVD release featured the soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 with the film in wide and full screen versions, and included the original US theatrical trailer. The next year MGM re-released the film in another widescreen `` special edition '', this time with two audio commentaries -- one by Rob Reiner, the other by William Goldman -- `` As You Wish '', `` Promotional '', and `` Making Of '' featurettes ; a `` Cary Elwes Video Diary '' ; the US and UK theatrical trailers ; four television spots ; a photo gallery ; and a collectible booklet. In 2006, MGM released a two - disc set with varying covers -- the `` Dread Pirate '' and `` Buttercup '' editions. Each featured their respective character, but had identical features : in addition to the features in the previous release were, the `` Dread Pirate Roberts : Greatest Legend of the Seven Seas '', `` Love is Like a Storybook Story '', and `` Miraculous Make Up '' featurettes, `` The Quotable Battle of Wits '' game, and Fezzik 's `` Guide to Florin '' booklet. Another year later, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the film, MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ( whose parent company 20th Century Fox continues to hold all US rights to the film except for US home video rights ) released the film with flippable cover art featuring the title displayed in an ambigram. This DVD did not include any of the bonus features from the older editions, but had new short featurettes and a new game. A Blu - ray Disc was released on March 17, 2009, encoded in 5.1 DTS - HD Master Audio. Special features include two audio commentaries, the original theatrical trailer and eight featurettes. In 2007, the film was released for download in the iTunes Store. The film is also available in Region 2 where it is published by Lions Gate Entertainment. Its extras are the theatrical trailer and text filmographies. Adaptations It was announced that composer Adam Guettel was working with William Goldman on a musical adaptation of The Princess Bride in 2006. The project was abandoned in February 2007 after Goldman reportedly demanded 75 percent of the author 's share, even though Guettel was writing both the music and the lyrics. Some of Guettel 's music for the production has since surfaced in concert performances and workshops. In 2008, PlayRoom Entertainment released The Princess Bride : Storming the Castle, a board game based on the film. The Princess Bride Game is a casual video game developed and published by New York game development studio Worldwide Biggies. References Jump up ^ `` 50 Greatest Comedy Films ''. Channel4.com. Channel 4. January 27, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2011. Jump up ^ `` ' Lion King, ' ' Princess Bride, ' ' The Birds ' Among Additions To Film Registry ''. NPR.org. Retrieved 15 December 2016. Jump up ^ Weiler, A.H. ( 30 September 1973 ). `` News of the Screen ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 17 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Schlesinger to Direct West Work. '' Haber, Joyce. 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Question: who played the mom in the princess bride
Answer: Betsy Brantley