According to Variety, after making 1984’s http://movieweb.com/spinal-tap-movie-true-inspiration-christopher-guest/Spinal Tap, Reiner decided that he wanted to make The Princess Bride next.
That’s the kind of movie that The Princess Bride has become.
Fred Savage was only 10-years old when he was cast as the sick boy whose grandfather read him The Princess Bride.
The director said that the woman knew The Princess Bride by heart and recited the movie to entertain everybody while they nearly froze to death.