The Princess Bride Movie Script

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THE SWAMP FLOOR: -- and as there's another popping sound,

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WESTLEY GRABBING BUTTERCUP pulling her aside to safety as another great spun of flame suddenly shoots up.

WESTLEY:

Well, one thing I will say. The Fire Swamp certainly does keep you on your toes.

Buttercup is frozen with fear. He takes her hand, gently leads her forward as we-

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THE TWO OF THEM: moving slowly along through a particularly dangerous part of the Fire Swamp.

It's later now, the sun slants down at a slightly different angle.
现在是晚些时候，太阳以稍微不同的角度倾斜。

WESTLEY:

(happily) This will all soon be but a happy memory because Roberts' ship "Revenge" is anchored at the far end. And I, as you know, am Roberts.

BUTTERCUP: But how is that possible, since he's been marauding twenty years and you only left me five years ago?

WESTLEY:

I myself am often surprised at life's little quirks.

There is again a popping sound, then a huge spurt of flame.

Westley simply picks up Buttercup as they walk along, moves her out of danger, puts her back down, goes right on talking without missing a beat.

WESTLEY:

You see, what I told you before about saying "please" was true.

It intrigued Roberts, as did my descriptions of your beauty.

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SOME HIDEOUS VINES -- they look like they could be flesh eating. Westley takes his sword, slices a path for them to follow. The vines groan as they fall. He's been chatting away the entire time.

WESTLEY:

Finally, Roberts decided something.

He said, "All right, Westley, I've never had a valet. You can try it for tonight. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

Three years he said that. "Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." It was a fine time for me. I was learning to fence, to fight, anything anyone would teach me. And Roberts and I eventually became friends. And then it happened.

BUTTERCUP: What? -- go on -- Westley picks her up, carrying her across some swamp water that is bridged by a narrow, rickety tree branch.

WESTLEY:

Well, Roberts had grown so rich, he wanted to retire. So he took me to his cabin and told me his secret. "I am not the Dread Pirate Roberts," he said. "My name is Ryan. I inherited this ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from was not the real Dread Pirate Roberts, either.

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WESTLEY (CONT'D) His name was Cummerbund. The real Roberts has been retired fifteen years and living like a king in Patagonia." Then he explained the name was the important thing for inspiring the necessary fear. You see, no one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley.

The two of them have by now crossed the pond.

WESTLEY:

So we sailed ashore, took on an entirely new crew and he stayed aboard for awhile as first mate, all the time calling me Roberts.

Once the crew believed, he left the ship and I have been Roberts ever since. Except, now that we're together, I shall retire and hand the name over to someone else. Is everything clear to you?

Buttercup, perplexed, is about to reply but the ground she steps on gives way -- it's Lightning Sand -- a great patch of it, and it has her -- a cloud of powder rises and she sinks into the stuff crying Westley's name but then she is gone as we --