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The Princess Bride, a box-office bust in 1987, has become a cult film classic, spawning a fan following that supports hundreds of websites dedicated to movie trivia, merchandise, games, action figures, and even a replica sword of the one used by everyone's favorite Spanish swashbuckler. If you're a Princess Bride fan, this collection of websites, like the movie, offers the perfect "mawwage" of satire and silliness.
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The Princess Bride - A community for the Brute Squad, a place to find 'tweasure', and a home for misunderstood ROUS's, this 'official' site for the Princess Bride movie will not disappoint its twue fans.
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IMDb - The Internet Movie Database offers a one-stop shop for information on the cast, the storyline, box-office stats, and, of course, trivia.
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Wikipedia - Often a good starting point for information gathering, Wikipedia's Princess Bride page offers one thing not found on other sites--the original theatrical release poster, which shows a touching image of the Grandfather reading to his Grandson. (Most images for this movie show Westley and Buttercup embracing before he leaves to "seek his fortune across the sea.")
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Script - Looking for the word-for-word lines from any part of the movie's dialogue? Here's the script of The Princess Bride, complete with correct spellings for the Impressive Clergyman's impressive sermonizing on "mawwage," "twue wove," and "tweasure."
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20th Anniversary DVD on Amazon - Since the first clamshell-housed version of The Princess Bride released in 1988, numerous other editions followed, but the 20th anniversary DVD stands out for its engaging commentaries from director Rob Reiner and William Goldman, author of The Princess Bride book, and the movie's screenwriter. Added bonus: some home video-like footage shot on set in 1987 by Cary Elwes, the sweet Westley.
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Fantastic Fiction - In addition to writing the book and subsequent screenplay of The Princess Bride, William Goldman is also well known for his screenplays for Marathon Man, Misery, and Oscar winner Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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80stees.com - Fun, original t-shirts that pay homage to a winning cast of characters.
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Princess Bride website - Official site lists other sites for more clothing, memorabilia, stickers, and other Princess Bride curios.
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Big Fish Games - In a movie flaw, the Grandson was not playing a Nintendo game despite using a Nintendo controller (it was a Commodore 64 game), but now you can get the Princess Bride game for your PC.
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Think Geek - Storming the Castle board game.
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The Princess Bride - Everything I need to know I learned from The Princess Bride
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Television Tropes & Idioms - For die-hard fans of the movie and the book, this site offers the best examples of dialogue-turned-conversational device.
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New York Times - Original NYT review, published September 25, 1987.
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Roger Ebert - Original Roger Ebert review, published October 9, 1987 (but where's the infamous thumbs up?).
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MarkKnopfler.com - Mark Knopfler (formerly of Dire Straits) composed and performed the music for the soundtrack of The Princess Bride, including the acoustic version of "Storybook Love," which was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Song in 1988 (and lost to "Dirty Dancing").
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Amazon - CD of soundtrack.
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iTunes - Preview all of the soundtrack's songs on iTunes.
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Harcourtbooks.com - Book publisher's page, including an excerpt of the book, The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (first edition published in 1973), which he based on the writings of S. Morgenstern.
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Amazon - 25th Anniversary edition copies can be found on Amazon, along with earlier editions for those with deep pockets and deeper fanaticism for the story.
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Wikipedia - Nice image here of first edition cover.