‘The Princess Bride’ book and movie are inconceivably different

The book here is only 'mostly' different.
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‘The Princess Bride’ book and movie are inconceivably different
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The Princess Bride is a romantic comedy about love, revenge, kidnapping, torture, rodents of unusual size, and much more. It's also a book within a book that was adapted into a book within a movie that garnered most of its success on home video.

Our CineFix series, What's the Difference, reads between the lines to find the differences between the book and the film. Or, you know, between the book within a book and the book within a movie.

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Jonathan Keshishoglou

Jonathan Keshishoglou (he often shortens that last part to just "Kesh") was an editorial intern on the Mashable Watercooler team. Watch him ramble coherently on Twitter: @keshception


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