Friday, September 21, 2018

As You Wish by Cary Elwes



As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes details the activity behind the scenes surrounding his participation in the movie production of the Princess Bride. He details the struggles of William Goldman and Rob Reiner to get the picture made. It appears to a be a twisted Hollywood game of Red Light Green light. Both Cary and Wallace Shawn were unnecessarily worried about being dumped from the picture.

To maximize the enjoyment of this book, I recommend reading the Princess Bride by William Goldman and watching the movie prior to reading or listening to the audio version of this book.  The audio book adds to the enjoyment with contributions from several of the cast members. Cary also does a spot on impersonation of Rob Reiner among other cast members

The cast and the crew were universally grateful to be part of the picture. Andre the Giant in particular thoroughly enjoyed the experience. In this case a good script, a great cast, an excellent director, and a good studio produced a timeless picture for all generations. A movie that studio executives had no clue how to market when it originally came out. Thanks to VHS and DVD the show found a second life. 


Cary Elwes - As You Wish - 39 minutes


The Princess Bride reunion - 30 minutes



Remembering Andre the Giant - 4 minutes

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