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The Princess Bride     In the film, The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, it all begins with a Grandfather telling the story to his little than enthusiastic Grandson. The story opens in the country of Florin with Buttercup treating her Farm Boy not so well, his name was Wesley, exactly she never called him that. Very before long she realizes he loves her and she loves him in return. He sets off for America to make his fortune across the sea. She later finds out that he and his ship have been murdered by the Dread Pirate Roberts who never leaves captives alive.      sight Humperdink castle, Prince Humperdink is announcing his bride-to-be and we find out it is the Princess Buttercup. She does not love him, alone he has the right to choose his bride.     Next Scene Buttercup is riding her horse through the forest and comes across three strange looking men one short, intelligent man (Vizzini), a Spaniard (Inigo), and a giant (Fezzik). They kidnap her and Vizzini reveals that he wants to start a war with the nearby country Guilder by murdering Buttercup and leaving her on the Guilder frontier," until now though Inigo and Fezzik argon not too happy with the idea they follow their orders. They sail away on a ship, but soon realize they are being followed by a ship that is gaining on them. He also follows them to the Cliffs of Insanity. When they reach the top, Vizzini has Inigo stay behind to kill the man following them (the Man-in-Black) because he (Inigo) is a master swordsman. When the Man-in-Black reaches the top of the cliffs, Inigo reveals he wants revenge on a man with six fingers who killed his father. Inigo and the Man-in-Black find they have a mutual respect for each other, but they must duel and the Man-in-Black wins, but does not kill Inigo. Vizzini sees that the Man-in-Black is still following them, so he has Fezzik stay behind to kill him. They wrestle and again the Man-in-Black wins, but he does not kill Fezzik. Then he confronts Vizzini, they have a Battle of Wits, and of course the Man-in-Black wins again. From there, he grabs Buttercup and they run off.     Meanwhile, Prince Humperdink has been following them with his friend suppose Rugen.     Back to the running of MIB (Man in Black) and Buttercup Buttercup beli... ...ess than two hours. There are two types of people in this world those who love The Princess Bride and those who have insofar to see it. The acting is wonderful. The roles are typecast superbly, and the content has no political statements or current affair ties. The lack of ties will set this movie intimately for years to come among the favorite of families everywhere. (dehm, Phantome Noire.) On the website, About.com, Ben Miller writes up a college students Must See Movie list. The Princess Bride ranks number twenty-six on that list. Another reason I think this movie is so incredibly wonderful i s because it shows that no matter what obstacles two people face in demeanor True Love will always prevail.Works Citedhttp//www.about.comhttp//www.dehm.com/movie/princess.htmlhttp//www.geocities.com/hollywood/boulevard/4355http//www.geocities.com/hollywood/makeup/6353/princessbride.htmlhttp//www.geocities.com/hollywood/mansion/8382/main.htmlhttp//www.tough.net/eempje/princess.htmhttp//www.webring.orgMartin, Mick, and Marsha Porter. Video Movie designate 1999. New York Ballantine Books, 1998.The Princess Bride. Dir. Rob Reiner. 20th Century Fox/Nelson Entertainment