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In this episode, the Nerds discuss the beloved cult classic book (and movie), The Princess Bride (©1973 by William Goldman). Billed as a “classic tale of True Love and High Adventure,” the Nerds chat about romance, adventure, swashbuckling pirates, loveable sidekicks, and of course famous quotes—“I am Inigo Montoya…”
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The Film Nerds are here with a deep examination of one of the greatest forgotten war epics of all time - and one of the biggest independent productions in the industry's history. Hear the history of how the Allies arrived at Operation Market Garden, how legendary producer Joseph E Levine got hooked on the story of the battle & compelled the film forward, how the tale of hubris & Pyrrhic victory struggled to connect with the audiences of the 1970s, and much more! Our early season foray into epic filmmaking gets an independent twist that you won't want to miss!

This week’s hot story is the potential relationship between Taylor Swift and NFL player Travis Kelce, dubbed “Traylor.” The Nuts discuss the gossip, the social metrics, the ratings, and the lonely lives of superstars. Alec and Lindsey make bold predictions about the length of the relationship. Other topics include Cameo, comic cons, and the price of interacting with a celebrity, other parasocial interactions, and the rise of creators on video apps. Finally, Lindsey and Alec introduce David to Blippi.

Paul and Cody are joined by a special guest to discuss the 1987 film adaptation of "The Princess Bride." 

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Intro: Once is Enough
Outro: Elevation

Paul and Cody wrap up their discussion of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." 

Music Credit: Joseph McDade
Intro: Once is Enough
Outro: Elevation

Cody and Paul finish Chapter 6 and start Chapter 7 of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." 

Music Credit: Joseph McDade
Intro: Once is Enough
Outro: Elevation

Cody and Paul continue their discussion of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." 

Music Credit: Joseph McDade
Intro: Once is Enough
Outro: Elevation

Paul and Cody continue their recap and discussion of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." 

Music Credit: Joseph McDade
Intro: Once is Enough
Outro: Elevation

Paul and Cody are back from break with their discussion and recap of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." 

Music Credit: Joseph McDade
Intro: Once is Enough
Outro: Elevation

WARNING: Spoilers ahead.

Sarah (the bookworm) & her guest host (the movie watcher) discuss the book-to-movie adaptation, "The Princess Bride"  

Directed by Rob Reiner (1988) 
Based on the book by William Goldman (1973)

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Featured Beer: Total ReKolsch - German style ale by Stormbreaker Brewing out of Portland, Oregon; Join the crew as they review the 1987 cult classic film "The Princess Bride" and cover some of the most memorable scenes, fun facts about the movie and the cast and crew, and discuss the effects to pop-culture that the film and those surrounding it have had...and Shiggs creates a drinking game involving our podcast episodes for you all towards the end. So turn up the volume and push play already! 

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This week on Action! We travel into the fantasy world of William Goldman and discover how The Princess Bride came to be. Join us a we discover how this legendary book was made into a film and became one of the most loved movies of all time.

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“The Princess Bride” directed by Rob Reiner

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Taking two seasons to review The Princess Bride? Inconceivable!

The Film Nerds are back this week with their first ever dive into the worlds of high fantasy and romantic comedy with the 1987 cult classic directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman. Sit back and enjoy a tale of how some of America's most powerful writing forces brought together a film considered "impossible" to make, the serendipity that assembled its cast, the film's wide-reaching appeal and message, and the joy evoked by one of the most quotable scripts in the history of cinema. A deep dive into a timeless classic? As you wish.

In the twenty-third episode of Season 6 (Heists, Cons, & Grifters) Kyle is joined by editor Kristi Shimek and musician Ben Childs to the lighthearted string of perpetual capers and eccentric losers chasing down greatness in Peter Yates' jubilant farce The Hot Rock (1972).

Princess Bride

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 Princess Bride

Written by: Rob Reiner Screenplay by: William Goldman

Starring:  

Cary Elwes

Mandy Patinkin

Chris sarandon

Christopher Guest

Wallace Shawn

Andre the giant

Released: 25 September 1987

Budget: $15M ($37,462,500.00 2022)

Domestic Box Office

$30,857,000

International Box Office

$189,322

Worldwide Box Office

$31,046,322

Ratings:   IMDb 8.0/10 Rotten Tomatoes 97% 

Metacritic 77% Google Users 86% 

This is for you Sir Tucker the Wanker second earl of Wessex

Nominated for 1 Oscar ( Best music, Orginal song.

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1988

Winner

Saturn Award

Best Fantasy Film

Best Costumes

Phyllis Dalton

Nominee

Saturn Award

Best Actress

Robin Wright

Best Writing

William Goldman

American Comedy Awards, USA 1988

Nominee

American Comedy Award

Funniest Supporting Male Performer - Motion Picture or TV

Billy Crystal

Funniest Supporting Female Performer - Motion Picture or TV

Carol Kane

Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival 1988

Nominee

Grand Prize

Rob Reiner

Casting Society of America, USA 1988

Nominee

Artios Award

Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy

Jane Jenkins

Janet Hirshenson

Grammy Awards 1988

Nominee

Grammy

Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television

Mark Knopfler

Heartland Film 1987

Winner

Truly Moving Picture Award

Rob Reiner (director)

Hugo Awards 1988

Winner

Hugo

Best Dramatic Presentation

Rob Reiner (director)

William Goldman (screenplay/novel)

National Film Preservation Board, USA 2016

Winner

National Film Registry

National Film Preservation Board

Toronto International Film Festival 1987

Winner

People's Choice Award

Rob Reiner

USC Scripter Award 1989

Nominee

USC Scripter Award

William Goldman (screenwriter/author)

Writers Guild of America, USA 1988

Nominee

WGA Award (Screen)

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

William Goldman

Young Artist Awards 1988

Winner

Young Artist Award

Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Fred Savage

First time you saw the movie?

Plot:

-I like the grandpa previews the whole movie explaining what was going to be in the movie

-Robin Wright was hot.

-Epic opening, love and loss.

-No way they didn't know how funny the name Humperdink was.

-Pretty epic beginning... Royalty, a wedding, kidnapping.

-Love the use of miniatures with the boats. It's very awesomely 80's.

-OK, so the plan is to kidnap the princess, take her to another land, kill her, and make the price think it was those people to start a war?

-Inigo Montoya is a very honorable guy, helping Wesley up the cliff

-When they jump off the rock while fighting, you can definitely tell there is a pad where they land.

-The fight is so over te top, but in a good way.

-Its amazing how fast this movie moves. Already defeated Montoya and Fezzik

-I love the rodents are clearly dudes in a rodent suit

-It's a very basic story, but classic and timeless.

-When Buttercup tells off the prince, calling him a coward, it's so overdramatic

-Billy Crystal is so perfect for Miracle Max

-Wuv, twu wuv...

-Good fight with Inigo

The end

Top Five Trivia of the movie: 

5 trivia

1. Elwes wasn't the first choice for Westley

In fact, Oscar winner, Colin Firth was originally in the running to play Cary Elwes.

2. Wrestler André the Giant didn't actually do any heavy lifting

Following a major back surgery, Andre the Giant (André René Roussimoff) could not lift any heavy objects, instead, the seven foot and 540-pound actor used a stunt double for the majority of his more physical scenes. 

3. One of the final scenes did not make the final cut

Before it was cut from the film, Fred Savage originally walked over to his window, after his grandfather had left and sees Fezzik, Inigo, Westley, and Buttercup all on riding on their white horses.

4. Patinkin was thinking of his late father when he delivered his most famous line

When Patinki uttered his Spanish vow, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die," he was sadly thinking of his father who has died of cancer a few years prior to reading the script.

5. Elwes filmed many scenes with a broken toe 

Six weeks into production, Elwes had an accident in an ATV (which was used to transport Andre on set, because he didn't fit into the crew van), leaving him with a broken toe. Initially, Elwes tried to hide his injury from the director, but they ended up using trick photography to hide his limp in many of his scenes.

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TOP 5

Stephen:

1 Breakfast club

2 T2

3 Sandlot

4 Back to the Future

5 Mail order brides

Chris:

1. sandlots

2. T2

3. trick r treat

4. rocky horror picture show

5. hubie halloween

Trey:

1) Boondocks Saints

2) Mail Order Brides

3) Tombstone

4) John Wick

5) She out of my league

Tucker:

1. T2

2: Tombstone

3: Gross Pointe Blank

4: My Cousin Vinny

5: John Wick

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In typical VHS Glow fashion, the four hosts discuss their nostalgia-relationship to The Princess Bride, including first viewing context, family & school screenings, & what their younger selves felt about the movie. 

Joe gives a queer interpretation but then veers left and talks about Chernobyl. 

Further topics include:

• GenX vs millennials
• the definition of "feel good" movies & why the Simmons family disprefers them
• Blue Velvet (1986) hermeneutics, or what's inside the lawn of S. Morgenstern's seemingly picture-perfect narrative
• the life sucks yet true love prevails narrative
• Chernobyl & 80s catastrophes
• comedy and Americanization
• Chernobyl & Cheetos (specifically, fluorescent cheese dust coating as boron & sand mixture dumped on reactor 4)
• Chernobyl & Cheez Whiz
• film culture & the desire to return to simple/idyllic narratives during (& after) times of existential crisis
• the first sensational national headline story each host remembers
• wtf is up with that grandfather/grandson dynamic?
• a discursive shift in 1990s best picture academy award winners
• & much more!

Additional Resources:

Wallace Shawn on Woody Allen

Princess Bride: Home Movie

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“Is it safe?” 

If that question sounds eerily familiar to you spoken through a deep German accent, then you’ve experienced this movie before, and if not, then you’re in for ONE hell of a ride! 

That dialogue is spoken by the late, great Sir Laurence Olivier delivering one of his finest latter career performances and also receiving an Oscar nomination for his work. 

Dustin Hoffman is the main star however as the titular character, a marathon runner/grad student who inadvertently gets involved in a nasty plot involving diamonds, torture, and former Nazi officers now walking among us….in 1976 mind you. 

It also co-stars ‘70’s icon Roy Scheider along with William Devane and Marthe Keller.  Directed by John Schlesinger and written by William Goldman. Let’s revisit one of the more memorable conspiracy thrillers of the 1970’s.

WARNING: Features Audio of Anxiety-Inducing Torture Scene

Host: Geoff Gershon
Producer: Marlene Gershon

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