![]() They stand near the gate to the farm, locked in an embrace. ![]() (reading again) Westley had no money for marriage. THE KID (off-screen) -hold it, hold it- CUT TO: THE KID'S ROOM THE KID What is this? Are you trying to trickĪ kissing book? GRANDFATHER - wait, just wait - THE KID - well, when does it get good? GRANDFATHER Keep your shirt on. WESTLEY AND BUTTERCUP, outside his tiny hovel in the red glow of sunset. ![]() (Now he turns, moves outside.) DISSOLVE TO: He gets it, hands it to her they are standing very close to each other gazing into each other's eyes. BUTTERCUP (pointing to a pitcher that sheĬould reach herself) Farm Boy, fetch me that pitcher. GRANDFATHER (off-screen) And even more amazing was the day she Westley enters with an armload of firewood. He meant was, "I love you." DISSOLVE TO: BUTTERCUP IN THE KITCHEN - DUSK GRANDFATHER (off-screen) That day, she was amazed to discover that She stops, turns - he manages to look away as now her eyes stay on him. Fill these with water - (a beat) -please. Buttercup drops two large buckets near him.īUTTERCUP Farm Boy. GRANDFATHER (off-screen) "As you wish" was all he ever said to her. And maybe as handsome as she is beautiful. Westley is perhaps half a dozen years older than Buttercup. WESTLEY (quietly, watching her) As you wish. Buttercup is in her late teens doesn't care much about clothes and she hates brushing her long hair, so she isn't as attractive as she might be, but she's still probably the most beautiful woman in the world.īUTTERCUP Farm boy. CUT TO: BUTTERCUPS FARM - DAYīUTTERCUP is standing, holding the reins of her horse, while in the background, WESTLEY, in the stable doorway, looks at her. GRANDFATHER (off-screen) (reading) Nothing gave Buttercup as much pleasureĪs ordering Westley around. THE KID (off-screen) (doing his best) Yeah. ![]() (to the kid) Isn't that a wonderful beginning? GRANDFATHER (off-screen) Her favorite pastimes were riding herīut she never called him that. The story he's reading about, as the monochromatic look of the bedroom is replaced by the dazzling color of the English countryside. THE KID (manages a shrug) It doesn't sound too bad. THE TWO OF THEM as the Grandfather sits in a chair by the bed. THE KID Has it got any sports in it? CUT TO: THE GRANDFATHER THE KID A book? GRANDFATHER That's right. THE KID What is it? GRANDFATHER Open it up. Silence, then-) GRANDFATHER I brought you a special present. The Kid gives his Mother an "I told you so" look. He has a wrapped package tucked under one arm as be immediately goes to The Kid, pinches his cheek. THE KID'S GRANDFATHER bursting into the room. The Kid shoots her an "I'm sure" look, as we THE KID (not overjoyed) Mom, can't you tell him that I'm sick? MOTHER You are sick, that's why he's here. THE KID What? MOTHER Your grandfather's here. MOTHER You feeling any better? THE KID A little bit. ![]() The Kid's MOTHER as she enters, goes to him, fluffs his pillows, kissses him, and briefly feels his forehead. We're in the present day and this is a middle class house, somewhere in the suburbs. His room is monochromatic, greys and blues, mildly high-tech. Then he's hit by another spasm of coughing, puts the remote down. He holds a remote in one hand, presses it, and the video game moves a little bit. The Princess Bride THE PRINCESS BRIDE by William Goldman based on his novelįADE IN ON: A VIDEO GAME ON A COMPUTER SCREEN. ![]()
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