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The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version is a 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman. The book combines elements of comedy, adventure, fantasy, drama, romance, and fairy tale. It is metafictionally presented as an abridgment of a longer work by the ...
- William Goldman
- 1973
May 1, 2020 · The Princess Bride novel opens with an introduction where Goldman explains the history of The Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern, how his father had read The Princess Bride to him out-loud when he was sick as a child, and how he was inspired to buy the book for his own son. Goldman was horrified, however, to discover that the epic adventure he ...
Box office. $30.9 million. The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Robin Wright. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel, it tells the story of a swashbuckling ...
Hollywood's interest in Goldman was reawakened; he wrote the scripts for film versions of Heat (1986) and The Princess Bride (1987). The latter was directed by Rob Reiner for Castle Rock , which hired Goldman to write the screenplay for Rob Reiner's 1990 adaptation of Stephen King 's novel Misery , considered "one of [King's] least adaptable novels". [ 16 ]
Nov 16, 2018 · William Goldman, who has died at age 87, was beloved for his classic fantasy novel The Princess Bride. The movie adaptation of the book, which Goldman also wrote, is a cult classic that left us ...
- Aja Romano
Aug 13, 2015 · One said "a princess" and the other said "a bride." 2. The Princess Bride is as an abridged version of a book that does not exist. Or at least that's what Goldman would like you to think. He presented his book as an abridged version of the "original" (i.e. fictional) Princess Bride, written by S. Morgenstern (a fictional person).
Sep 1, 1973 · 9,563 reviews387 followers. December 24, 2021. The Princess Bride, William GoldmanThe Princess Bride is a 1987 American romantic comedy fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant and Christopher Guest.
