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Behold Princess Bride Wine From the Alamo Drafthouse

Tuesday, January 31, 2012, by Gabe Ulla

Several locations of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, which is known for putting together quote-along movie feasts, are releasing two signature wines for Valentine’s Day inspired by director Rob Reiner’s 1987 cult classic The Princess Bride. “The Bottle of Wits” (after the “battle of wits” scene in the film — clever!) is the name of the line, and its two wines are “Inconceivable Cab,” a California Cabernet, and “As You Wish White,” a California blend. The release is in honor of the film’s 25th anniversary.

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‘The Princess Bride’ Comes Alive!

Entertainment Weekly By Anthony Breznican

Director Jason Reitman (”Juno,” ”Young Adult”) has been staging live readings of quirky and beloved old movies in L.A. He’s snagged some great, game actors to reinterpret the roles — and drawn some ecstatic crowds.

Shh! Don’t tell anyone, but Jason Reitman and Patton Oswalt are playing hooky. It’s a cool December evening, and the two are skipping out on the Los Angeles premiere of their own movie, Young Adult, to zoom across Los Angeles to a rival event: a live dramatic reading of the 1987 comedy The Princess Bride at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Review: Jason Reitman’s Live Read of THE PRINCESS BRIDE

Geek Tyrant by Ben P.

Director Jason Reitman traveled across Los Angeles from the premiere of his new film Young Adult Thursday night to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to host the third of his Live Read series. Each show features a different cast of actors playing roles popularized in the featured movies: for his first event, he chose The Breakfast Club, with Jennifer Garner, Aaron Paul, and more in the leads. His second, the Billy Wilder classic The Apartment, starred Natalie Portman and Steve Carell. For The Princess Bride, Reitman brought together his largest cast yet – and the whole evening was pretty damn magical.

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Notes from the Magical, Inspired LACMA Live-Read of The Princess Bride

MOVIE | LINE On the Scene || by Jen Yamato || 12 16 2011 8:00 PM

“Inconceivable!” With a single word, unveiled at the close of last month’s live-read of The Apartment, Jason Reitman launched AOUS (that’s Anticipation of Unusual Size) for the December 15 installment in his brilliant LACMA/Film Independent series. Few films are so magical, so beloved, so instantly and indelibly quotable as The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner’s 1987 fantasy-comedy, written by William Goldman, about a princess and her pirate and those involved in and affected by their adventure. And few live-read casting choices could be as inspired as Reitman’s: Paul Rudd in the Westley role originated by Cary Elwes, Cary Elwes in the Humperdinck role originated by Chris Sarandon, and, performing the part of the Grandson first portrayed by Fred Savage over two decades ago… Fred Savage.

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Patton Oswalt, Mindy Kaling and More Set for “Princess Bride” Reading in L.A.

Playbill.com By Adam Hetrick
14 Dec 2011

Patton Oswalt, Mindy Kaling and Nick Kroll are among the actors who will take part in the “Live Read” series presentation of William Goldman’s 1987 film “The Princess Bride” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Director Jason Reitman, who will direct the 7:30 PM reading on Dec. 15, created the series that offers live readings of favorite film scripts. Oswalt will read Vizzini (created on screen by Wallace Shawn), with Kaling as Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright on screen), Kroll as Count Rugen (Christopher Guest on screen), Kevin Pollak as Miracle Max (Billy Crystal on screen) and Bill Fagerbaake as Fezzik (Andre the Giant on screen).

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