Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.
故事从慈祥的爷爷给生病的孙子讲故事说起，爷爷带来一本厚厚的童话故事书《公主新娘》。这个世代相传的童话故事讲述了一段爱与冒险的真爱故事。善良美丽的少女布卡特（罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰）住在宁静的小村庄弗洛林，她与少年维斯特雷（加利·艾尔维斯 Cary Elwes 饰）青梅竹马两小无猜，两人很快陷入热恋。然而贫穷的维斯特雷希望给布卡特更好的生活，于是扬帆远航离开了村庄。但是维斯特雷的船并没有到达目的地，传言说他死在了海盗的手里。五年后，伤心欲绝的布卡特成为了王子胡姆普丁克（克里斯·萨兰登 Chris Sarandon饰）的未婚妻，可她并不爱他，她的心里仍苦苦思念着真爱维斯特雷。一次意外让布卡特再次遇见了维斯特雷，然而邪恶的王子却绑架了布卡特，并逼迫她嫁给自己。此时的维斯特雷已是一位勇敢强壮的海盗，为救真爱，他与武艺超群的剑客埃尼戈·蒙托亚（曼迪·帕廷金 Mandy Patinkin饰）、力大无比的巨人菲兹克（安德烈·捷安特 André the Giant饰）一起踏上了拯救公主之路。本部童话式爱情冒险电影《公主新娘》，荣获1988年第60届奥斯卡金像奖最佳原创歌曲提名，1987年第12届多伦多国际电影节人民选择奖-最佳故事片奖以及1988年第15届美国电影电视土星奖最佳奇幻电影。
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Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.