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Trivia about The Princess Bride (film) includes:

• Genius Bonus:
  • The princess-to-be of Florin is kidnapped by agents of Guilder. "Florin" and "Guilder" are two names for the same Dutch coin.
  • At the end of the film, Inigo wonders what to do now that he's out of the revenge business. Westley offers to make him the next Dread Pirate Roberts -- whose ship is named The Revenge, which would put him right back into it.
• Hey, It's That Guy!:
  • Hey! It's... Andre the Giant?!
  • Hey, it's Columbo as the grandfather!
  • "I've got my country's five hundredth anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, Guilder to frame for it, innocent blood to suck, and Christmas to take over. Quite frankly I'm swamped."
  • Noah had to go home he was feeling sick.
  • Hello. My name is Jason Gideon. You Killed My Father. Prepare to Die.
  • Nigel Tufnel has eleven fingers!
  • And Mike Wazowski is a miracle-weaving troll.
  • Rex is an evil genius? Inconceivable!!
  • And the Baron?
• Shout-Out:
  • Westley’s “man in black” outfit is a dead ringer for the costume Douglas Fairbanks Sr. wore in the original Mark of Zorro.
  • This sequence.

Fezzik: Why are you wearing a mask? Were you burned by acid or something like that? Man in Black: No, it’s just that they are terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

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