[Dean's World] Dean: The Dread Pirate Roberts

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Posted by Dean:
The Dread Pirate Roberts
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1157614208.shtml


   Among my all-time favorite movies is [1]The Princess Bride. It is, I
   think, one of the most perfect movies ever made. I honestly think it
   ranks right up there with [2]Casablanca. It is simply flawless from
   start to finish. I would change not one moment, not one second of it.
   Besides, it contains what is probably one of the best lines ever said
   in a movie:

   "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it
   means."

   If you haven't seen it, you don't know what I'm talking about. If you
   have, I defy you to disagree with me.

   But I'll give you an interesting bit of trivia I'll bet you didn't
   know: the Dread Pirate Roberts [3]was a real guy, and while he is not
   well-remembered in the popular imagination he is considered by
   historians to have been the most dangerous pirate to have ever sailed
   the Caribbean. If this were 1716 and not 2006 everyone would know who
   he was.

   No fooling. Check it out.

References

   1. http://www.amazon.com/-Princess-Bride-Special-/dp/B00005LOKQ/sr=1-1/qid=1157613143/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2079704-9304943?ie=UTF8&s=dvd/deansworld01-20
   2. http://www.amazon.com/Casablanca-Michael-Curtiz/dp/6305736650/sr=1-1/qid=1157613550/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2079704-9304943?ie=UTF8&s=dvd/deansworld01-20
   3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Roberts