The Princess Bride Resources
Website
Check out the official site. It even has Fezzik's stamp of approval. And what a grossly oversized stamp it is.
Websites
Here's a handy quiz to see if you're totally obsessed with The Princess Bride, created by someone who's seen it 148 times.
Tomatometer rating of 97%. Wow. That's hard to do when you're not a Toy Story.
Book or TV Adaptations
Written by William Goldman, the very same fella who wrote the screenplay. So yeah…he's the one who came up with all that crazy stuff that shows up in the movie. Yikes. Journeying into that man's mind might be more terrifying than picnicking inside the fire swamp.
And Disney would be remiss if they didn't get in on the action. The Princess Bride: the Stage Play—coming soon to a theatre near you.
Articles and Interviews
Even the stuffy New York Times liked the movie, thanks to the strong performance of the talented cast.
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert wrote that this film reminded him of This Is Spinal Tap (huh?), because it was so true to the genre it was satirizing. Oh, we get it now.
"43 Inconceivable Facts About The Princess Bride You Probably Never Knew." Ah…see what they did there?
It is, after all, one of the most quotable movies of all time. You asked for a list of the greatest quotes, and we responded…"as you wish."
The film got more popular because of all the snappy one-liners that were perfect for Internet users and their 20-second attention span.
Video
As great as the movie is, the trailer was possibly one of the worst ever. Oh, that 80s saxophone. Who approved this nonsense?
The two did all their own stunts, except for one flip near the end of the sequence. Oh, sure, they do all the stuff with the dangerous, pointy sticks, but shy away from a little tumbling routine. Typical.
During a 2012 episode of NFL Kickoff, the host and analysts spent the entire show getting in quotes from the film to describe the football action. Someone made a hilarious condensed version. Check it out.
It's kind of surreal to see Westley and Humperdinck in the same room, not trying to kill each other. But they seem to have found a way to make it work.
Images
Awwww…
The greatest of all time.
They come in small, medium and extra-large.
Best makeup job ever.
Here's an image from the Princess Bride video game. The game didn't get very good reviews, unfortunately.
Everyone got older except Miracle Max and Valerie…