The fact that Cary Elwes did Men in Tights and The Princess Bride means that I constantly mix these two movies up in my brain.
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In one, Cary Elwes plays a character who leaves his home but returns to save his true love from a corrupt king who is trying to force her to marry him. Along the way, he fights and then befriends a giant man who is friends with a man who is especially skilled with blades. He ultimately succeeds by cheating death and then placing the evil king in a precarious situation.
In the other, Cary Elwes plays a character who leaves his home but returns and then meets his true love who he must save from a corrupt king who is trying to force her to marry him. Along the way, he fights and then befriends a giant man who is friends with a man who is especially skilled with blades. He ultimately succeeds by cheating death and then placing the evil king in a precarious situation.
In one he had a thin mustache.
In the other he had a thin mustache and a small goatee.
If I had a nickel for every time
Then he did The Pentagon Wars, an HBO movie back when HBO still made good stuff. It's a true story and I saw an interview with the military guy he was playing. Dude said something like: "I checked out the guy who was playing me and in two previous movies he wore tights."
If you haven't seen it, you should. It's a fucking hilarious comedy of errors about the defense procurement process and design by committee.
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Loving these recent Men in Tights memes!
I think there was a missed opportunity here to represent their fight with sticks as the blocking of ads.
The scene in question for those curious, featuring pre-sellout Dave Chapelle:
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Did you say Abe Lincoln?
Movie name ?
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
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Unlike some other Robin Hoods, he can speak with an English accent!
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