As a result, the Man in Black saves Buttercup, explaining he put poison in both goblets because he had spent years building up a tolerance to the poison. The Man in Black adds what appears to be poison into one goblet of wine and with a fevered application of logic, Vizzini chooses, drinks, and dies. Lock In (Plot Point #2): The mysterious Man in Black catches up with Vizzini and his captive Buttercup and challenges Vizzini to a battle of wits. Introduce Sub-Plot Rival (The Nemesis): Count Tyrone Rugen (Christopher Guest) is the right hand man of Prince Humperdinck. Predicament Solution: The Man in Black uses his speed and quick thinking to defeat Fezzik’s brute strength.Īntagonist’s Objective: Prince Humperdinck pursues Buttercup as well, avoiding all of the conflict by keeping a safe distance. Predicament Solution: The Man in Black defeats Inigo Montoya with his superior fencing skills and wits, letting him live.Īction Block #2: The mysterious Man in Black and the giant Fezzik fight. Introduce Sub-Plot: Inigo Montoya is searching for the scoundrel that killed his father, the Six-Fingered man. Predicament Solution: A mysterious Man in Black is pursuing the ship relentlessly toward the Cliffs of Insanity.Īction Block #1: The mysterious Man in Black and Inigo Montoya duel. Supporting Character Predicament: Buttercup wants to escape her captives, but she is on a ship in unfamiliar waters surrounded by the ‘Shrieking Eels.’
Buttercup swears that she will never love again. Buttercup hears the news that Westleys has been murdered by the Dread Pirate Roberts. Introductory Plot Point: Wesley has no money for marriage, so he packs his belongings and sets out to seek his fortune across the sea. True love doesn’t happen everyday, and Westley will always fight for Buttercup. Plant: Westley only replies to Buttercups every demand with “As You Wish.”ĭramatic Premise: The two are bound together by true love.
Introduce Supporting Character (Lover): Buttercup. Introduce Protagonist (Warrior): Westley a stable boy.
The World of the Story: Swashbuckling character driven comic adventure set in the storybook medieval kingdom of Florin in the midst of a regime change. The Grandfather attempts to begin reading a story called The Princess Bride to his reluctant Grandson. Introduce Narrators (Opposites): A Grandfather visits his Grandson, who is staying home sick. In The Princess Bride this sequence is used unconventionally to introduce the Narrator’s in addition to the Protagonist.
Sequence Note: Screenplays in the Action/Adventure genre often contain an additional Intro Sequence (preceding the traditional Sequence One) that begins the movie either with the hero at the end of the last adventure.
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