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The Princess Bride (1987) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Making Of Trivia, Book Changes & Analysis

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The Princess Bride (1987) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Making Of Trivia, Book Changes & Analysis. A breakdown of 1987's The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, written by William Goldman and starring Cary Elwes as Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts, Robin Wright as Princess Buttercup, Mandy Patinkin’s Inigo Montoya & Andre the Giant as Fezzik. Discover how André René Roussimoff injured Cary Elwes, why Vizzini’s Wallace Shawn was jealous of Danny Devito & other behind-the-scenes details! #ThePrincessBride #princessbride #moviebreakdown #classicmoviebreakdown #bobreiner #fredsavage #peterfalk #caryelwes #andrethegiant #eastereggs #hiddendetails #endingexplained #thingsyoumissed #classicmovie #theprincessbridebreakdown #theprincessbridemoviebreakdown #theprincessbrideexplained If you enjoyed this video, then please subscribe to the channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq3hT5JPPKy87JGbDls_5BQ?sub_confirmation=1 Join our membership program and get early access to our videos here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq3hT5JPPKy87JGbDls_5BQ/join Get 10% Off Arrow Films by using our discount link here - https://prf.hn/l/Qx891yN Treat yourself to a suit from the James Bond collection by Anthony Sinclair and take yourself to 00-heaven through the link here - https://masonandsons.myshopify.com?sca_ref=7840248.JzzAAUYdPC6s. Check out our #shorts channel here HEAVY SPOILERS CLIPS - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe48Fl2G6dB6HHYA982fkRA?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our website at https://heavyspoilers.com/ Get some awesome Heavy Spoilers merch at - https://heavyspoilers.shop/ *Check out our BEST new videos below* *The Last Of Us* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHW_dh2cyuU *Thunderbolts* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UVgifo1x-Y *Spider-Man Brand New Day* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24FMNu-LTcc *Predator Badlands* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfMOX0nsGBY *Sinners* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uOKm1Yf8Pc *Check out our Latest CLASSIC MOVIE BREAKDOWNS* *Thunderball* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvZ8tmUQ5_g *TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (2014)* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QaXnCbP8ng *Mulholland Drive* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8yLQhw6u9I *Matrix Revolutions* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3luxUBMeyK8 *Jaws* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bo4rQuy8Bw *Goldfinger* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cegk9JrflHI *Superman* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vzPrTkZbbY Listen to our Videos on the go with our podcast versions below. Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1WE0ZXRWxMzhVeMPhfTxQv Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-spoilers/id1746676345 Amazon Podcasts - you'll have to search it for now mate, URL is still processing /* ----- SOCIAL MEDIA ----- */ Follow Us On Social Media At: Website - https://heavyspoilers.com/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@heavyspoilers TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyspoilers?lang=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/heavyspoilers Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/heavyspoilers/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DeffinitionMC/ Follow our team at - Host & Editor Paul - https://twitter.com/heavyspoilers Host & Editor MT - https://twitter.com/MasterTainment Editor Steesh - https://twitter.com/SteeshHaggie Writer, Researcher & Editor Matt - https://twitter.com/SuperHeroNexus Editor Jonathan - https://x.com/jonvart /* ----- VIDEO INFORMATION ----- */ What’s poppin, my Princesses and Inconceiva-Bros? It’s me MT and welcome back to the Heavy Spoilers show! This is going to be a breakdown of 1987’s “The Princess Bride”! Because it is absolutely INCONCEIVABLE that we haven’t broken down all the fun onscreen and production details of this classic comedic romance tale so let’s finally get into it! “The Princess Bride” was directed and produced by Rob Reiner while also being co-produced by Andrew Scheinman as an adaptation of 1973’s “The Princess Bride” novel written by William Goldman. William Goldman also wrote the script for this movie and was very much involved on set during production. Goldman was inspired by his two daughters before he came up with the premise of his novel…as one daughter suggested he write a story about a princess and the other recommended a story about a bride…so like the absolute madman that he is, the dude smushed the concepts together and went to work.

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@jaykaye594 2025-05-16

My favorite story about Andre on set was when they were shooting a scene and it was his line, he just stood there silently. Rob Reiner asked him if he was okay to which Andre let out a long loud fart that lasted nearly a minute then said "I am now Boss".

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@RyanHaney55 2025-05-23

I saw this as a little kid, multiple times. No one in my elementary, junior high, or high school ever referenced it. I figured it wasn't popular. Then I went to college and heard people say stuff like "Inconceivable!" and "Hello." like Wallace and Mandy would. It felt like I finally found my geeky people.

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@tonitoasty3199 2025-05-16

MT?!?!?!!! The breakdown I didn’t know I needed. “As you wish.” Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

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@heavyspoilers 2025-05-23

Thanks for checking out the video guys. Hope you enjoy it.

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@LikeTheBuffalo 2025-05-23

Couple of my fave trivia bits that didn't make the cut: 1) it was very chilly for a lot of the exterior scenes, so to help Robin Wright keep warm, André would place one of his gigantic hands on her head like a body-heat temperature hat 2) Mandy Patinkin lost his father to cancer either during, or shortly prior to filming. For inspiration during his final showdown, he imagined that he was duelling and defeating his father's cancer and broke down crying after the final stab 3) during the ROUS wrestling match, the filming for that scene got delayed and pushed back so often that the stunt actor who was in the ROUS suit decided to hit up the pub. He ended up getting drunk enough that he got hauled to the drunk tank for the night. The next morning they finally were ready to start filming, but the stunt actor was nowhere to be found. While they waited for him to eventually be released and travel back to set, they filmed as much as they could with just the empty suit

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@MaraJadeSkky 2025-05-23

My daughter was in a play of The Princess Bride and played Count Rugen. Cant wait to watch this breakdown with her!🥰

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@warrenduncan1528 2025-05-23

This one still holds up today. I watched with my kids a while back and they loved it!

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@nathanielmcelwrath7805 2025-05-24

This movie feels like it was a book on screen I love the extreme acting and the names and the characters are all outrageous this makes me love it more

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@JustMe_Jessi 2025-06-18

Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya)'s snippet regarding the Cliffs of Insanity climb with how André comforted and helped to calm down Wallace Shawn (Vizzini) made me tear up; André was such a gem; I'm so glad he will forever be a part of this incredible movie that means so much to so many ❤

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@MyPisceanNature 2025-05-30

I kind of want them to remake it in the manner I saw suggested online some years ago. Remake only the scenes with Peter Falk and Fred Savage, with Fred Savage reading the story to a sick child, while the rest of the movie is just the original footage again lol.

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