The Academy screened the 1987 Rob Reiner comedy “The Princess Bride” in Beverly Hills on Thursday night, but it was often hard to hear the film’s soundtrack over the sound of two people talking loudly throughout the movie.
Of course, the voluble duo weren’t rude audience members drowning out the audio on the new print created by the Academy Film Archive – instead, they were Reiner and moderator Jason Reitman, who provided a highly entertaining and entirely AMPAS-sanctioned live commentary while the movie was projected.
The evening was a first – the Academy encouraging people to talk over a film in the state-of-the-art Samuel Goldwyn Theater.