Read As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride Online
Authors: Cary Elwes,Joe Layden
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr.,
31
,
35
,
67
,
78
Falk, Peter:
alternate ending scene and,
212
casting of,
242
Cary Elwes and,
170
–71
film’s poster and,
219
twenty-fifth-anniversary screening and,
235
The Fall Guy
(TV show),
53
Fatal Attraction
(film),
8
Fawlty Towers
(TV show),
144
Ferrer, Mel,
201
Festival of Festivals (Toronto),
4
,
218
–19,
220
,
221
,
235
A Few Good Men
(film),
93
Fiddler on the Roof
(film),
22
Film Society of Lincoln Center,
236
A Fish Called Wanda
(film),
144
Fleming, Ian,
210
Flynn, Errol,
30
,
31
,
35
,
67
,
68
,
78
,
210
Ford, Harrison,
78
Forman, Miloš,
52
For Your Consideration
(film),
188
Foundas, Scott,
236
The 400 Blows
(film),
18
From Russia With Love
(film),
68
From the Earth to the Moon
(TV show),
230
,
232
Fugit, Patrick,
131
Gandhi
(film),
36
Garwood, Norman,
40
,
115
,
164
,
200
Get Smart
(TV show),
52
Gilliam, Terry,
40
Gilligan’s Island
(TV show),
24
Glory
(film),
6
The Godfather
(film),
233
Goldman, William:
actors’ insecurities and,
86
as author of novel,
12
,
17
,
26
,
34
,
44
,
241
–42
as basketball fan,
52
Battle of Wits scene and,
157
casting Buttercup role and,
43
cast’s table read and,
47
,
47
–48,
52
–56,
59
–60
circus influence on,
133
Count Rugen character and,
188
on cynics,
221
Cary Elwes and,
16
film’s popular resurgence and,
236
,
239
film’s screenplay and,
7
,
9
,
16
,
55
,
57
,
92
,
145
,
155
,
162
,
242
Fire Swamp scenes and,
89
–92,
94
,
95
,
98
–100,
101
love of storytelling,
237
–38
Miracle Max character and,
161
on movie-making,
218
The Moving Target
screenplay and,
14
Mandy Patinkin and,
216
presence on set of,
90
–92,
93
–94,
95
,
98
–100
purchase of movie rights and,
21
–22
Rob Reiner and,
20
,
21
–22,
23
,
88
,
91
,
94
,
95
Wallace Shawn and,
152
stage directions of,
190
storming the castle scene and,
126
sword fighting scenes and,
66
,
69
,
77
–78,
195
,
202
,
203
,
205
,
206
twenty-fifth-anniversary screening and,
235
–37,
241
“young auteur” term and,
19
Goldwyn, Tony,
231
Goodfellas
(film),
233
Good Times
(TV show),
22
Gotti, John,
233
The Graduate
(film),
52
Granger, Stewart,
201
Gray, Maggie,
114
Grazer, Brian,
231
The Greatest American Hero
(TV show),
53
Great Representation of the Art and Use of Fencing
(Capo Ferro),
66
Grey, Jane,
13
Guest, Christopher:
“Captain Kangaroo” fire warden and,
115
,
129
cast’s mutual affection and respect,
113
,
132
cast’s table read and,
52
end of production and,
216
film’s catering and,
129
imitating accents and,
143
Carol Kane and,
163
Wallace Shawn and,
154
Mel Smith and,
198
on strength of cast,
199
on strength of script,
60
sword fighting scenes and,
196
,
206
This is Spinal Tap
and,
18
,
23
,
188
,
216
twenty-fifth-anniversary screening and,
4
Robin Wright and,
146
Guinness, Alec,
78
Hallam Tower Hotel,
139
–40
Hanks, Rita,
231
Hanks, Tom,
230
A Hard Day’s Night
(film),
21
Harper
(film),
14
Harutunian, Henry,
69
Heartburn
(film),
71
Heaven Can Wait
(film),
52
Help!
(film),
21
Henry VIII (king of England),
112
Higger Tor,
135
Highlander
(film),
68
Hogan, Hulk,
122
Holland, Richard,
114
Hollywood Vice Squad
(film),
61
House of Cards
(TV show),
148
Howard, Ron,
231
Hurt, John,
37
Indiana Jones
trilogy (film),
93
Jackson, Peter,
68
Jamison, Jan,
88
–89
Jane Eyre
(film),
113
The Jeffersons
(TV show),
22
Jenkins, Jane,
15
Jesus Christ Superstar
(film),
22
Jewel of the Nile
(film),
37
John, David,
93
John Paul II (pope),
229
–30
Jones, Griff Rhys,
197
Kane, Carol:
cast’s mutual affection and respect,
170
,
238
cast’s table read and,
54
Billy Crystal and,
42
,
166
,
167
,
171
Cary Elwes and,
165
twenty-fifth-anniversary screening and,
4
Valerie role and,
163
–65,
168
–69,
171
Katajanokka, Finland,
15
Kaufman, Andy,
163
Kelly, Grace,
44
Kennedy, John F., Jr.,
231
Kiel, Richard,
49
Kim
(Kipling),
210
King, Stephen,
18
Kipling, Rudyard,
210
Kung Fu
(TV show),
81
Labyrinth
(film),
104
Lady Jane
(film),
13
,
15
,
25
,
35
,
112
,
114
The Ladykillers
(film),
144
The Last Detail
(film),
163
Lathkill Dale,
155
Lawrence of Arabia
(film),
33
,
36
Lean, David,
33
Lear, Norman,
22
,
24
,
40
,
239
,
241
–42
Lee, Bruce,
81
Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute,
12
Lester, Richard,
21
Limato, Ed,
217
Lincoln Center,
3
,
6
,
9
,
234
,
235
,
236
,
241
Local Hero
(film),
192
Lolita
(Nabokov),
14
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art,
12
Lord of the Rings
trilogy (film),
68
Lumet, Sidney,
51
M
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A
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S
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H
* (TV show),
24
Macdonald, Ross,
14
McKean, Michael,
18
McLean, Billy,
209
–11
Malle, Louis,
151
Manhattan
(film),
51
Manners, John,
112
The Mark of Zorro
(film),
200
Maude
(TV show),
22
A Mighty Wind
(film),
188
The Missionary
(film),
40
Mitchell, Julian,
13
Molien, France,
119
Mona Lisa
(film),
88
Montagna, Peter,
161
–63
Monty Python
(TV show),
40
,
61
,
144
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(film),
177
Moonraker
(film),
49
Moonstruck
(film),
22
Moore, Dudley,
145
Moore, Roger,
12
Morrison, Jim,
36
The Moving Target
(film),
14
The Moving Target
(Macdonald),
14
My Dinner with Andre
(film),
41
,
51
,
151
My Giant
(film),
120
Nabokov, Vladimir,
14
NASA,
230
–31
Newhart, Bob,
24
Newman, Paul,
14
The New Yorker
(magazine),
152
Nicholson, Jack,
71
Nicolaides, Steve,
89
Nobel Prize,
120
Not the Nine O’clock News
(TV show),
197
Nunn, Trevor,
13
Octopussy (film),
12
O’Dell, Shaun,
189
One Day at a Time
(TV show),
22
Oscar awards,
33
Patinkin, Mandy:
André the Giant and,
119
,
120
,
124
–25,
167
cast’s table read and,
52
Cliffs of Insanity scene and,
158
–59,
160
film’s marketing and,
222
on film’s success,
234
on William Goldman,
216
insecurity and,
71
kidnapped Buttercup scenes and,
148
laughing on set and,
124
–25
Inigo Montoya role and,
146
quoting popular lines and,
5
Rob Reiner and,
53
,
71
,
72
,
139
,
140
Fred Savage and,
238
Wallace Shawn and,
160
shooting final scenes and,
212
,
213
Mel Smith and,
197
on strength of script,
60