"A book?" "That’s right. When I was your age, television was called books!" Part swashbuckling adventure, part tongue-in-cheek parody, The Princess Bride was a fairy tale with a comic edge. William Goldman (the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) first adapted his novel into a screenplay in 1973, but it took well over a decade to find someone willing and able to turn it into a feature film. Eventually, Rob Reiner (This …showed first 75 words of 342 total…

…showed last 75 words of 342 total…the kidnappers carry the bride-to-be away, they spot a mysterious man in black following them. They scale the Cliffs of Insanity to lose their pursuer, but he continues the chase, taking on the trio in tests of swordplay, strength and wits. True love gets a second chance, but if it's going to survive this time, Buttercup and the man in black will have to endure the Fireswamp, Prince Humperdinck’s schemes and even death itself.