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As You Wish (You Jerk!)

It's becoming a regular occurrence for me to mosey on down the street to the Belcourt Theatre to see movies long past into the public access channels. This past Friday I experienced the Princess Bride in it's cinematic glory. The best part was that it is entirely possible that everyone in the theatre has seen this movie at least 10 times or more. Thus, shouting at the screen ensued not long after the opening credits. For those of you not up with your musician's culture, Rob Reiner, director of the Princess Bride, also directed
This is Spinal Tap, the definitive rockumentary of the century.
In Spinal Tap, the lead guitarist is Nigel Tufnel, played by Christopher Guest, who delivers the epic line, "but these amps go to 11." Guest also plays the Count Rugen in the Princess Bride. In any case, in the part where Wesley (Cary Elwes) notices Rugen has six fingers, someone in the audience yells "His fingers count to eleven!" The theatre died in laughter for a long time after.

1 comment:

L.E. said...

Now I really want to go to Belmont!!! all the cool movie going peoples are there!!!

-elie