As you wish : inconceivable tales from the making of The princess bride

Author

Cary Elwes

Call Number

• 791.4372 P9571E (CEN, OSH)

Browse similar titles by call number

Edition

First Touchstone hardcover edition.

Publication Information

New York : Touchstone, 2014.

Physical Description

viii, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Summary

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob Reiner.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• Foreword / by Rob Reiner
• Introduction
• Meeting Rob
• Pre-production and meeting Buttercup
• The table read and meeting Fezzik
• "En garde!"
• Wrestling the R.O.U.S in the fire swamp
• Storming the Castle and being mostly dead
• Rob's traveling circus
• True wuv
• Vizzini and Miracle Max
• A couple of mishaps
• The greatest swordfight in modern times
• All good things...
• A fairy-tale ending
• Epilogue / by Norman Lear.