The Princess Bride (1987 Rob Reiner)

William Goldman claims he cannot write a comedy. Tells us also the film was badly marketed and thus wasn't the hit it should have been - they didn't know what the film was. Well, my take on this is (a) Goldman can write a comedy and (b) that's what this is, in a fairy tale setting.

Cary Elwes ('EL-wez') pursues his love Robin Wright with the aide of Wallace Shawn, Mandy Patinkin and Andre the Giant, up against bad guys Chris Sarandon and Christopher Guest. Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Cook and Mel Smith pop up in cameos. With Fred Savage and Peter Falk.

I love the little jokey asides like 'Don't start a land war in Asia', and such malarkey as -
'You're using Bonetti's defence against me.'
'I thought it fitting, considering the rocky terrain.'

Now I realise where the name of Silk Road's founder 'The Dread Pirate Roberts' originates!

Shot by Adrian Biddle in the UK and Ireland. It's great fun, just the thing to balance a film like Dark River, in fact.