As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (39 page)
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Authors: Cary Elwes,Joe Layden
sword fighting and training,
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–84,
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–28,
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–208,
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twenty-fifth-anniversary screening and,
4
,
6
Yentl
and,
88
Peak District,
7
,
111
–13,
136
,
155
People’s Choice Awards,
219
Peverel, William, the Elder,
112
Pickens, Slim,
123
Pickford, Mary,
112
Pileggi, Nick,
233
Pinewood Studios,
18
Pink Panther
series (films),
144
Pit of Despair scenes,
40
,
58
,
188
,
197
,
198
P. J. Clarke’s (bar),
224
Pollack, Mark E.,
241
Pontiac Silverdome,
122
Pride and Prejudice
(film),
113
Princess Bride
(album),
192
The Princess Bride
(film):
cast’s mutual affection and respect,
3
–4,
113
,
131
–33,
170
,
238
cast’s table read of,
47
–56,
59
–61
catering for,
129
–30
as classic,
4
–10
“Development Hell” and,
16
–20
director’s importance and,
132
–35
distribution of,
22
–23
Fire Swamp scenes,
58
,
85
–110,
187
gross receipts for,
222
Haddon Hall and,
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–14
high-profile fans of,
229
–33
as “impossible” to make,
13
,
16
–17,
20
–22
injuries during filming,
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–87,
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–91,
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,
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,
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,
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Norman Lear and,
242
New York Film Festival screenings,
3
,
221
plot synopsis of,
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–59
popular quotes from,
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–5,
9
,
59
,
157
,
169
–70,
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,
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,
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,
236
popular resurgence of,
8
–9,
228
–29
pre-production and,
33
–45
screening of rough cut,
217
–18
sword fight training,
65
–84
Toronto Film Festival screening,
4
,
218
–19,
220
,
221
,
235
tourism in the Peak District and,
113
twenty-fifth-anniversary screening,
3
,
4
,
9
,
234
–37,
241
weather’s effect on filming,
135
–38
The Princess Bride
(Goldman),
7
,
12
,
14
,
16
,
20
,
26
,
34
,
55
The Prisoner of Zenda
(film),
201
Pryor, Richard,
24
quicksand scene,
100
–103
Radner, Gilda,
217
–18
Raiders of the Lost Arc
(film),
68
Reiner, Carl:
William Goldman and,
19
–21
as Rob Reiner’s father,
25
screening of rough cut of film and,
217
,
218
sincerity/satire balance and,
107
Reiner, Rob:
André the Giant and,
48
–51,
120
,
124
–26,
213
Danny Blackner and,
105
–7
casting and,
11
–16,
23
–31,
41
–44,
242
cast’s table read and,
47
–56,
59
–60
catering and,
130
Bill Clinton and,
233
cooking for cast and,
139
–40
critical response to film and,
220
Billy Crystal and,
93
,
155
,
164
,
165
,
166
as director,
7
,
17
–21,
93
,
133
–38,
174
,
182
–84,
216
,
235
Cary Elwes and,
11
–16,
25
,
113
,
137
,
141
,
144
,
161
,
177
–79,
181
–85,
189
–91,
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,
211
,
237
end of production and,
216
English food and,
138
–40
Peter Falk and,
171
film’s marketing and,
219
,
222
,
223
film’s popular resurgence and,
239
film’s release and,
217
–19
Fire Swamp scenes and,
85
–88,
91
–99,
101
–3,
105
–10
William Goldman and,
20
,
21
–22,
23
,
88
,
91
,
94
,
95
John Gotti and,
233
Haddon Hall filming and,
114
laughter during takes and,
124
–26,
155
,
165
,
167
,
168
,
169
,
198
love of storytelling,
237
–38
“mostly dead” and,
115
–16,
123
,
168
Mandy Patinkin and,
53
,
71
,
72
,
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,
140
playing darts and,
140
–41
Andy Scheinman and,
21
,
23
,
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,
128
,
137
–38,
140
Wallace Shawn and,
152
,
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,
154
–55,
157
,
158
,
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,
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sheepdog trials and,
140
–41
shooting final scenes and,
212
–15
sword fighting scenes and,
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–67,
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,
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,
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,
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–201,
203
,
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,
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–8
This is Spinal Tap
and,
11
,
17
–18,
20
twenty-fifth-anniversary screening and,
4
,
235
–37,
241
USS
Coral Sea
hat and,
191
–92
weather’s effect on filming and,
135
–38
Return of the Jedi
(film),
104
Ripping Yarns
(TV show),
144
Roberts, Bartholomew,
38
Robin Hood
(film),
67
Robinson, Harriet,
11
,
12
,
14
,
15
,
29
,
31
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(film),
9
,
235
Rodents of Unusual Size,
4
,
7
,
58
,
65
,
103
–7,
106
,
109
–10,
238
Rolling Stones (rock band),
122
Roussimoff, André René.
See
André the Giant
Roussimoff, Boris,
119
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts,
68
Royal Shakespeare Company,
13
Salinger, J. D.,
152
Sanford and Son
(TV show),
22
Santa Barbara
(TV show),
42
,
43
,
61
,
143
,
146
Sarah Lawrence College,
27
Sarandon, Chris:
André the Giant and,
127
“Captain Kangaroo” fire warden and,
115
cast’s table read and,
51
Cary Elwes and,
54
on English crews,
40
Humperdinck role and,
146
movie poster and,
220
twenty-fifth-anniversary screening and,
4
Robin Wright and,
54
Sarandon, Susan,
42
Saturday Night Live
(TV show),
23
–24,
27
,
53
,
162
Savage, Fred:
alternate ending scene and,
212
bedroom set for,
40
casting of,
242
cast’s mutual affection and respect,
238
cast’s table read and,
52
Cary Elwes and,
170
–71
film’s marketing and,
222
film’s poster and,
219
Mandy Patinkin and,
238
twenty-fifth-anniversary screening and,
4
USS
Coral Sea
hat and,
191
Saw
(film),
6
Scaramouche
(film),
201
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(film),
201
Scheinman, Andy:
André the Giant and,
48
–49,
50
–51,
62
,
63
,
117
,
120
,
122
Danny Blackner and,
105
–7
casting and,
11
,
14
–15,
24
–26,
28
,
29
,
30
,
43
,
242
cast’s table read and,
47
–51,
54
decision to produce film and,
19
Cary Elwes and,
11
,
14
–15,
103
,
144
,
183
film’s marketing and,
223
quicksand scene and,
103
Rob Reiner and,
21
,
23
,
93
,
128
,
137
–38,
140
Rodents of Unusual Size and,
107
sword fighting scenes and,
66
,
198
Schwarzenegger, Arnold,
22
,
53
,
219
SCTV
(TV show),
144
The Season
(Goldman),
20
Sellers, Peter,
144
Shawn, Wallace:
Battle of Wits scene and,
128
,
155
–58
cast’s table read and,
51
Cliffs of Insanity scene and,
158
–59,
160
Cary Elwes and,
153
insecurities of,
152
–59
kidnapped Buttercup scenes and,
148
quoting popular lines and,
157
,
236
Rob Reiner and,
152
,
153
,
154
–55,
157
,
158
,
159
,
160
sword fighting scenes and,
202
twenty-fifth-anniversary screening and,
4
,
236
Robin Wright and,
147
Shearer, Harry,
18
sheepdog trials,
140
–41
Shepperton Studios:
Cliffs of Insanity set,
127
,
159
,
160
,
191
,
202
FX Department and,
36
–37
The Six Million Dollar Man
(TV show),
48
,
53
Soap
(TV show),
24
Something Different
(play),
20
Spielberg, Steven,
88
The Spy Who Loved Me
(film),
49
