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Mandy Patinkin

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Manhunter

Casting What-Ifs

Manhunter The Rewatchables

Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Paul Newman, and several Lecter possibilities are discussed.

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The Princess Bride

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

The Princess Bride The Rewatchables

The source-limited “My name is Inigo Montoya” introduction wins over “inconceivable” and “as you wish”; the full canonical continuation is not asserted from the broken ASR.

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  • The recognizable “My name is Inigo Montoya” introduction wins because its context makes the reference immediate; the full canonical continuation awaits audio verification.
  • “Inconceivable” and “as you wish” are strong alternatives.
  • Mandy Patinkin’s performance is praised as an anchor with the story’s clearest moral arc.
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The Princess Bride

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

The Princess Bride The Rewatchables

Chris Sarandon wins over Billy Crystal and Christopher Guest after Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, and Mandy Patinkin are ruled too central.

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  • Wallace-Shon is removed because his role is an essential part rather than a role-player heat check.
  • Andre the Giant and Mandy Patinkin are also ruled too central.
  • Chris Sarandon wins for playing the biggest prick without worrying about the movie’s wonderful overacting.
  • Billy Crystal and Christopher Guest are explicit eligible alternatives.
  • Christopher Guest has a pivotal but very small final-third role under heavy makeup.
  • The panel says everybody overacts in a wonderful way, while Sarandon fully commits to the villain’s humiliation.
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The Princess Bride

1987

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