While The Princess Bride was not a smash hit upon its release, it has since become a cult classic and one of the most beloved works in Reiner’s canon. Elwes wrote a memoir about filming the movie in 2014.

Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died "minutes" after sustaining multiple knife wound injuries, their death certificates have revealed.The documents - obtained by People magazine - confirm that The Princess Bride filmmaker and his wife died of "multiple sharp force injuries" inside their Los Angeles home on Dec 14 caused "with a knife,