Fun Facts: To keep from injuring the horse, André the Giant had to be lowered onto his horse with a pulley system for the final scene. #movienight

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Fun Facts: During fight rehearsal for Inigo's big showdown with Count Rugen, Mandy Patinkin accidentally stabbed Christopher Guest in the thigh. Before they filmed the scene, Guest told the fencing master, "I think he's going to try to kill me. So all that stuff that I learned, I'm basically throwing out. I'm basically now going to defend myself." #movienight

Fun Facts: Reiner once ran into mob boss John Gotti and six of his men outside a New York restaurant. One of them looked at him and said, "You killed my father, prepare to die!" then burst out laughing. #movienight

Fun Facts: Billy Crystal's 1998 film My Giant was loosely based on the time he spent with André The Giant on the set of The Princess Bride. #movienight

Fun Facts: Rob Reiner would laugh so much at Crystal's lines he would have to leave the room during filming. #movienight

Fun Facts: Billy Crystal wanted Miracle Max to look like a cross between his own grandmother and former Yankees manager Casey Stengel. #movienight

Fun Facts: Crystal filmed the role of Miracle Max over three days for 10 hours a day, and never made the same joke twice. #movienight

Fun Facts: André the Giant disliked the food provided on set so much, he took his week off to drive to France and bring back his favorite French foods. He shared with the rest of the cast. #movienight

Fun Facts: The Rodents of Unusual Size were men in rat suits. #movienight
Fun Facts: One of the R.O.U.S. actors got into a fight with his wife and burned down the kennel they owned, so the film crew bailed him out of jail so he could film the Fire Swamp scene. #movienight

Fun Facts: The first scene Wright filmed was her dress catching fire in the Fire Swamp. The fire is real, but the skirt was made of flame-retardant cloth. William Goldman, who wrote the book and the screenplay for The Princess Bride, was on set at the time and screamed, "Her dress is on fire!" ruining the shot. #movie night

Fun Facts: Six weeks before filming, Cary Elwes broke his toe riding André the Giant's ATV. His careful walking is especially noticeable in the scene when he confronts Buttercup about her fiancé as the Dread Pirate Roberts.

Fun Facts: The scene when Buttercup pushes Westley down the steep hill and throws herself after him was performed by two stuntmen (one in a long blond wig). #movienight

Fun Facts: Reiner recorded all of Fezzik's dialogue so André the Giant could learn his lines phonetically. #movienight

Fun Facts: André the Giant grew up in the same village as Samuel Beckett. Beckett used to take him to school. #movienight

Fun Facts: A body double was used for the scene when Westley jumps on Fezzik's back because André the Giant had severe back issues. The body double was a foot shorter than André the Giant. #movienight

Fun Facts: Shawn thought he was going to be fired after his first day on set because he couldn't do a Sicilian accent. #movienight

Fun Facts: Reiner's first choice to play Vizzini was Danny DeVito, but the role ultimately went to Wallace Shawn. #movienight

Fun Facts: Neither Cary Elwes or Mandy Patinkin had any sword-fighting experience before filming. Both trained rigorously, and every frame of Inigo and Westley's sword fight on The Cliffs of Insanity is actually the two actors. #movienight

Fun Facts: The only injury Mandy Patinkin suffered on set was bruising the muscles on one side of his ribs from trying so hard not to laugh during Crystal's filming days. #movienight