The Princess Bride

I never realized how truly great of a movie this is until I rewatched it recently. The thing that makes it believable, the one thing that kept this movie from being too cheesy to be a classic is the awesome costumes. They really took their time deciding which fabrics, deciding the set design, they knew what we were expecting and they made sure it wouldn't affend our fine artistic tastes, even when it comes to fairytales. That is what I love, respect, and appreciate about the film production.
The original book was written by William Goldman in 1973 and became an instant classic. When they made the film in 1987, Rob Reiner wrote the scream play and they went to about 13 relative unknown actors for the large cast. The Princess Bride was Robin Wright Penn's first screen debute and Cary Elwes first big role. Andre the Giant was a well known professional wrestler, but at the time in his life when this film was made his strength was failing him and he died 6 months after the movie made. Mandy Patinkin who played the revenge seeking Spanish swordsman was previously in Yentl, but is actually most well known for his gorgeous tenor voice. And with the cameo help of favorites like Billy Crystal and Peter Cook, the cast hooked a whole other demographic for the popularity of the film. Their fresh faces and sincere portrayals of their characters helped the syntax and voice of the novel come to life and not seem over-done. The story is presented in the movie as a book being read by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his sick grandson (Fred Savage from the Wonder Years), preserving the crucial element of the narrative style of the book.