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The Princess Bride - Buttercup Edition - Region 1 DVD

Description: Screenwriter William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride earned its own loyal audience on the strength of its narrative voice and its gently satirical, hyperbolic spin on swashbuckled adventure that seemed almost purely literary. For all its derring-do and vivid over-the-top characters, the book's joy was dictated as much by the deadpan tone of its narrator and a winking acknowledgement of the clichés being sent up. Miraculously, director Rob Reiner and Goldman himself managed to visualize this romantic fable while keeping that external voice largely intact: using a storytelling framework, avuncular Grandpa (Peter Falk) gradual ... (more)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release date: 13 June 2006
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0027616146403 UPC: 027616146403
Tags: Fantasy (3), Action (3), Adventure (3), Romance (2), Swashbuckler (1), Dagger (1), Albino (1), Tied Up (1), Rope (1), Giant (1), Swamp (1), Rob Reiner (1), Swordplay (1), Mask (1), Masked Man (1), Color (1), Bride (1), Poison (1), Special Edition (1), Potion (1)
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