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The Princess Bride Musical

Posted by samzenpus on from the singing-rodents-of-unusual-size dept.

adamy writes "Maybe a good thing, maybe a bad thing. William Goldman has started collaborating on a musical version of the time-honored classic. Guess the only thing left to do now is go through the pockets and look for loose change."

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  1. How can /. cover this... by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: 4, Informative

    How can /. cover this, and never ONCE mention that there's a musical version of the Silence of the Lambs now in production? Entitled "Silence!" it's now playing in New York at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. I suggest you run, not walk, to the BO and buy tickets!

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  2. Re:Do me a favor... by Bishop · · Score: 3, Informative

    The movie in question really didn't need to change sharks to eels, but it did. How does that help the story?

    I thought that the eels were better then the sharks. The idea of screeming eels is sillier and works better with the rest of The Princess Bride. Seeing as William Goldman wrote the book and the script to the movie I view this as Goldman refineing his work. Much the same way that there are 3 true versions of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio play, book, and tv series. (The movie dosen't count.)

  3. Re:You know the really sick thing... by FlopEJoe · · Score: 3, Informative

    Chick Flick?
    Are you kidding? Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. True love. Miracles.

  4. Re:Scandal! by scovetta · · Score: 4, Informative

    I spent about a month trying to track down the original book (Princess Bride) by S. Morgenstern. I was redirected from rare book seller to rare book seller until one of them was kind enough to tell me that such a person does not exist.

    That tricky William Goldman...

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    Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. --Nietzsche