The Princess Bride (1987)

Robin Wright: The Princess Bride

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• Buttercup : We'll never survive.

  Westley : Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has.

• Buttercup : You mock my pain.

  Man in Black : Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

• Man in Black : 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.

  Vizzini : But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his 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.

  Man in Black : You've made your decision then?

  Vizzini : Not remotely. Because iocane 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.

  Man in Black : Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

  Vizzini : Wait till I get going! Now, where was I?

  Man in Black : Australia.

  Vizzini : Yes, Australia. And you must have suspected I would have known the powder's origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

  Man in Black : You're just stalling now.

  Vizzini : You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've 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 also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have 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.

  Man in Black : You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.

  Vizzini : IT HAS WORKED! YOU'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING AWAY! I KNOW WHERE THE POISON IS!

  Man in Black : Then make your choice.

  Vizzini : I will, and I choose... what in the world can that be?

  [Vizzini gestures up and away from the table. The Man in Black looks backwards. Vizzini swaps the goblets] 

  Man in Black : What? Where? I don't see anything.

  Vizzini : Well, I- I could have sworn I saw something. But no matter.

  [Vizzini tries to hold back laughter] 

  Man in Black : What's so funny?

  Vizzini : I'll tell you in a minute. First, let's drink. Me from my glass, and you from yours.

  [Vizzini and the Man in Black drink] 

  Man in Black : You guessed wrong.

  Vizzini : You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...

  [Vizzini stops suddenly, his smile frozen on his face and falls to the ground dead. The Man in Black removes the blindfold from Buttercup's head] 

  Man in Black : You all right?

  Buttercup : And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned.

  Man in Black : They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.

• Buttercup : We'll never succeed. We may as well die here.

  Westley : No, no. We have already succeeded. I mean, what are the three terrors of the Fire Swamp? One, the flame spurt - no problem. There's a popping sound preceding each; we can avoid that. Two, the lightning sand, which you were clever enough to discover what that looks like, so in the future we can avoid that too.

  Buttercup : Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.'s?

  Westley : Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.

  [Immediately, an R.O.U.S. attacks him] 

• Westley : I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me?

  Buttercup : Well... you were dead.

  Westley : Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

  Buttercup : I will never doubt again.

  Westley : There will never be a need.

• Buttercup : You can die too for all I care!

  [pushes him down a high hill] 

  Man in Black : AS... YOU... WISH!

  Buttercup : [realizes the Man in Black is Westley]  Oh, my sweet Westley! What have I done?

  [throws herself down the hill] 

• Buttercup : Oh, Westley, will you ever forgive me?

  Westley : What hideous sin have you committed lately?

  Buttercup : I got married. I didn't want to - it all happened so fast.

  Westley : Never happened.

  Buttercup : What?

  Westley : Never happened.

  Buttercup : But it did! I was there; this old man said 'man and wife.'

  Westley : Did you say 'I do?'

  Buttercup : Um, no... we sort of skipped that part.

  Westley : Then you're not married. You didn't say it; you didn't do it.

  Westley : [to the Prince who has just entered the room]  Wouldn't you agree, Your Highness?

  Prince Humperdinck : A technicality that will shortly be remedied.

• Westley : Hear this now: I will always come for you.

  Buttercup : But how can you be sure?

  Westley : This is true love - you think this happens every day?

• Grandpa : Nothing gave Buttercup as much pleasure as ordering Westley around.

  Buttercup : Farm boy, polish my horse's saddle. I want to see my face shining in it by morning.

  Westley : As you wish.

  Grandpa : "As you wish" was all he ever said to her.

  Buttercup : Farm boy, fill these with water - please.

  Westley : As you wish.

  Grandpa : That day, she was amazed to discover that when he was saying "As you wish", what he meant was, "I love you." And even more amazing was the day she realized she truly loved him back.

  Buttercup : Farm boy... fetch me that pitcher.

  Westley : As you wish.

  The Grandson : Hold it, hold it. What is this? Are you trying to trick me? Where's the sports?

  The Grandson : Is this a kissing book?

  Grandpa : Wait, just wait.

  The Grandson : Well, when does it get good?

  Grandpa : Keep your shirt on, and let me read.

• Westley : Can you move at all?

  Buttercup : Move? You're alive. If you want I can fly.

• Buttercup : You're the Dread Pirate Roberts, admit it!

  Man in Black : With pride. What can I do for you?

  Buttercup : You can die slowly, cut into a thousand pieces.

  Man in Black : Tsk, tsk. That's hardly complimentary, Highness. Why loose your venom on me?

  Buttercup : You killed my love.

  Man in Black : It's possible. I kill a lot of people.

• The King : What was that for?

  Buttercup : Because you've always been so kind to me, and I'll never see you again, because I'm killing myself as soon as we reach the honeymoon suite.

  The King : Won't that be nice?

  The King : She kissed me! Ha!

• Buttercup : You can't hurt me. Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords. And when I say you are a coward it is only because you are one of the slimiest weaklings ever to walk the Earth!

• Vizzini : A word, my lady. We are but poor, lost circus performers. Is there a village nearby?

  Buttercup : There is nothing nearby... Not for miles.

  Vizzini : Then there will be no one to hear you scream.

• Buttercup : Westley. Oh, Westley darling!

  [embraces Westley passionately, and is visibly disconcerted when he lies back passively] 

  Buttercup : Westley, why won't you hold me?

  Westley : Gently.

  Buttercup : At a time like this, that's all you can think to say. Gently?

  [squeezes Westley tighter] 

  Westley : Gently!

  Westley : Ughhhh!

• Buttercup : You mocked me once, never do it again! I died that day!

• Buttercup : If you'll release me, whatever you ask for ransom, you'll get it! I promise you.

  Man in Black : And what is that worth, the promise of a woman? You're very funny, Highness.

• Westley : Never happened.

  Buttercup : It did! This old man said "Man and Wife"

  Westley : Did you say "I do"

  Buttercup : No, we sort of skipped that part.

  Westley : Then you're not married. If you didn't say it, you didn't do it. Wouldn't you agree, your Highness?

  Prince Humperdinck : A technicality that will shortly be remedied.

• The Ancient Booer : Boo. Boo. Boo.

  Buttercup : Why do you do this?

  The Ancient Booer : Because you had love in your hands, and you gave it up.

  Buttercup : But they would have killed Westley if I hadn't done it.

  The Ancient Booer : Your true love lives. And you marry another. True Love saved her in the Fire Swamp, and she treated it like garbage. And that's what she is, the Queen of Refuse. So bow down to her if you want, bow to her. Bow to the Queen of Slime, the Queen of Filth, the Queen of Putrescence. Boo. Boo. Rubbish. Filth. Slime. Muck. Boo. Boo. Boo.

• Vizzini : I suppose you think you're brave, don't you?

  Buttercup : Only compared to some.

• Buttercup : I will never love again.

• Buttercup : I thought you were dead once and it almost killed me. I could not bear it if you died again, not when I could save you.

  [Humperdink sweeps her away on his Horse] 

  Count Rugen : Come, Sir, we must get you to your Ship.

  Westley : We are men of Action, Lies do not become us.

  Count Rugen : Well spoken, Sir... What is it, what's wrong?

  Westley : You have six fingers on your right hand! Someone was looking for you

  [knocked unconscious] 

  Westley : .

• Buttercup : [At the end of a long tumble down a hill]  Oot!