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Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2018–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
On Rotten Tomatoes, The Princess Bride holds a 96% approval rating based on 84 reviews and an average rating of 8.50/10. The site's consensus states, "A delightfully postmodern fairy tale, The Princess Bride is a deft, intelligent mix of swashbuckling, romance, and comedy that takes an age-old damsel-in-distress story and makes it fresh."
Vizzini, Inigo, and a Turk named Fezzik (Andre the Giant) are hired by an unknown man to kidnap and kill the "princess bride", Buttercup. Subsequent events lead to Inigo's duel with the "Man in Black" (Westley), an extended sequence in both the book and the movie, in which both contestants begin fencing left-handed and eventually convert to ...
The Dread Pirate Roberts is the identity assumed by several characters in the novel The Princess Bride (1973) and its 1987 film adaptation. [1] Various pirates (including Westley) take on the role of Roberts and use his reputation to intimidate their opponents, before retiring and secretly passing on the name to someone else.
The Princess Bride has this depth, and it packages it in a way that makes it palatable to 9-year-olds in Chicago Bears Jerseys. Perhaps I’m reading too much into a movie whose most famous line ...
Robin Wright loves the movie "The Princess Bride," but says she hasn't seen the film she starred in since it was first released in theaters more than 35 years ago.
Elwes starred as the romantic sword-wielding Westley in 1987's "The Princess Bride." Then 24, the British blonde's signature phrase -- "As you wish" -- helped launch the film into cult classic ...
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 .