AS YOU WISH: INCONCEIVABLE TALES from the MAKING of THE PRINCESS BRIDE (audiobook) by Cary Elwes

 






Unabridged.

If you are a fan of the movie The Princess Bride, like I am, this is a must-read book (or must-listen if you are an audiobook listener like me). Cary Elwes, if you don't know, stars in the movie as Wesley/The Dread Pirate Roberts.

Elwes interviews all of the major actors in the movie who are still with us and tells the story of the creation of the movie from the writing of the original script by William Goldman all the way through the eventual success of the movie in the video rental market. Goldman is the author of the book that the movie is based and was an experienced and well-respected writer of screenplays, having written the Academy Award-winning scripts for All the President's Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He also said that The Princess Bride was his favorite script and he wouldn't trust it to just anyone.

Cary Elwes as the Dread Pirate Roberts
When he can, Elwes incudes audio clips for the quotes he included in the original book. If there are no audio clips available, he has the same actor consistently read the quotes. It is a nice touch, actually hearing things like director Rob Reiner describe the pitch he made to Golden and Wallace Shawn describe how nervous he was making the movie and how he never really understood the humor of his character Vizzini and never has no idea why everyone thinks this is an iconic role.

The book is a joy to listen to and I thoroughly enjoyed all of the little stories that made up this audiobook.

I rate this audiobook 5 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: AS YOU WISH: INCONCEIVABLE TALES from the MAKING of THE PRINCESS BRIDE (audiobook) by Cary Elwes.

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