What is the difference in the Princess Bride edition DVDs?

Susan K: What is the difference in the Princess Bride edition DVDs?
I want to purchase “The Princess Bride” on DVD but when I looked into it, I found there was
-20th Anniversary Edition
-Special Edition
-Dread Pirate Edition
-Buttercup Edition

and the original, plain DVD. Does anyone know what the difference between all of the editions is and which one is the best buy? Thanks in advance!

Answers and Views:

Answer by bluejester1212
The Dread Pirate/Buttercup edition makes the Special edition obsolete. I’d go with one of those.

“By 2000, MGM had acquired some rights to the film (as part of the aforementioned “Epic Productions” package) and released the film on VHS and DVD. The DVD release featured the soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 and both wide and full screen versions as well as the theatrical trailer. In 2001, the film was re-released by MGM as a widescreen “Special Edition” and included two audio commentaries—one by Rob Reiner and the other by William Goldman, “As You Wish,” “Promotional” and “Making Of” featurettes, a “Cary Elwes Video Diary”, the US and UK theatrical trailers, four television spots, a photo gallery, and a collectible booklet.

In 2006, MGM released a two-disc set with varying covers—the “Dread Pirate Edition” and the “Buttercup Edition”—but identical features. In addition to the features in the previous release were the “Dread Pirate Roberts: Greatest Legend Of The Seven Seas”, “Love Is Like A Storybook Story”, and “Miraculous Make Up” featurettes, “The Quotable Battle Of Wits” game and Fezzik’s “Guide To Florin” booklet.

A year later, for the 20th anniversary of the film, MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment rereleased the movie on November 13, 2007 with flippable cover art featuring the title displayed in an ambigram. This DVD did not include any of the bonus features from the older editions, but had new short featurettes and a new game.”