I used to date a guy who looked like Wesley. Kind of acted like him too.
I love that movie!
Wuv, twwuue wuv.
V: So. It is down to you, and it is down to me.
If you wish her dead, by all means, keep moving forward.
W: Let me explain…
V: There’s nothing to explain. You’re trying to kidnap what I’ve rightfully stolen.
W: Perhaps… an arrangement can be reached?
V: There will be no arrangement. And you’re killing her.
::buttercup inhales as Vizini pushes the knife into her throat::
W: But if there can be no arrangement, then we are at an impasse.
V: I’m afraid so. I can’t compete with you physically, and you’re no match for me brains.
W: You’re that smart?
V: Let me put it this way. Ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
W: Yes.
V: Morons.
W: Really. In that case I challenge you to a Battle of Wits.
V: For the princess?
::nod::
V: To the DEATH?
::nod::
V: I accept.
W: Good. Then poor the wine.
::Vizini puts away his knife, Wesley takes a seat, pulls out a small, brown tube::
W: Inhale this, but do not touch.
V: I smell nothing.
W: What you do not sell is called Iocaine powder. It is oderless, tasteless, dissolves instantly in liquid, and is one of the more deadly poisons known to man.
V: Hmm.
::Wesley takes the cups of wine, turns his back, and turns around, playing with the goblets before setting them down. Vizini laughs::
W: All right, where is the poison? The Battle of Wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink and find out who is right, and who is dead.
V: It’s so simple. All I have to do is devine from what I know of you: Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or is enemy’s?
Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given! I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.
But YOU must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me!
W: You’ve made your decision then?
V: Not remotely! Because Iocaine comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you!
W: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
V: Wait 'til I get going! Where was I?
W: Australia.
V: Yes, Australia! And you must have suspected I would have known the powders origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
W: You’re just stalling now.
V: You’d like to think that, wouldn’t you?!
You’ve beaten my giant, which means you’re exceptionally strong, so you could have put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you!
BUT you’ve bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied and in studying learned that man is mortal, so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me!
W: You’re trying to trick me into giving away something. 'T’won’t work.
V: It HAS worked! You’ve given EVERYTHING away! I know where the poison is!
W: Then make your choice!
V: I will! And I choose WHAT in the world can that be?
W: What? Where?
::Wesley turns, Vizzini switches goblets::
W: I don’t see anything.
V: Oh, well, I, I could have sworn I saw something. No matter.
::Vizzini chuckles::
W: What’s so funny?
V: I, I’ll tell you in a minute. First, let’s drink. Me from my glass, and you from yours.
::they salute goblets, and drink::
W: You guessed wrong.
V: You only THINK I guessed wrong! That’s what’s so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Haha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a CECILIAN when DEATH is on the line!
AHahahahahahaha! AHahahahahahaha! AHahaha…
::Vizzini falls over, dead. Wesley removes Buttercup’s blindfold::
B: To think. All that time it was YOUR cup that was poisoned.
W: They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to Iocaine.
And so the story goes.
Oh, just to be safe, that’s all property of whoever owns it and I copied it from an mp3.
3pm, today, Princess Bride on WB if you don’t own the tape already. YAY!
"Let me 'splain:
…No, there is too much. Let me sum up."
When I saw Chris Sarandon in the movie, I almost choked. See, I saw the movie Fright Night on video just before The Princess Bride, and I kept expecting him to go for Buttercup’s neck.
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The Godfather is the classic example of a so-so book, but a great movie.
I know I’m just a newbie and I haven’t read the thread all the way through but I need an answer fast and I was wondering if you could help me.
Who wrote the book for The Princess Bride?
The author of the novel is William Goldman.
And to be a stickler, the name of the character played by Cary Elwes is Westley, not Wesley. Just being anal 
<whew> Had to say it. I feel much better now.
Fairy Princess - William Goldman wrote the book.
As for
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The book doesn’t really say which 5. I don’t think the movie does, either. Hrm. Well, the book does say that the kiss was the discovery of Saul and Delilah Korn in 1642 B.C., so that somewhat narrows it down. (52-3)