Benetti's defense, Cappafera and Agrippa (or something like that)

As You Wish:

Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

by Cary Elwes, Joe Layden



Really good early on but it seemed to fizzle out by the end.  I wanted it to be twice as long.  But don't let that stop you from reading it. 

I was surprised to learn that the initial release had mediocre sales.  He speculated that was because the studio marketing department didn't know how to promote it.  In fact, one of the movie posters showed only the boy and his grandfather reading.  Did the idiot who created that only watch the first five minutes of the movie?

I also didn't realize how many stars and soon-to-become-stars participated in the cast.  That alone should have keyed the audience in that this was going to be really funny.  Not to mention full of swashbuckles.  I loved his story of how they prepared for the "greatest sword fight in modern times."