On Sept. 25, 1987, Rob Reiner's comedy first hit theaters. By Duane Byrge On Sept. 25, 1987, 20th Century Fox unveiled The Princess Bride in theaters. The Rob Reiner-directed comedy would initially ...

Reiner came to learn that the project had been shopped around to several studios years earlier, all of whom passed. So The Princess Bride was on hold, and Reiner wound up making his next movie, Stand ...