There was a point in the 1980s when Rob Reiner was one of the most exciting filmmakers in America. He brought the Christopher Guest style mockumentary to life with This Is Spinal Tap, crafted a very funny teen comedy with The Sure Thing, adapted Stephen King’s coming-of-age story “The Body” into Stand By Me and would go on to make When Harry Met Sally – one of the few palatable romantic comedies – before the end of the decade (and he even threw the great Misery in as a capper in 1990). But The Princess Bride is unique for a
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