Adventures in the Screen Trade

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No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's inner sanctums...on and behind the scenes for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, and other films...into the plush offices of Hollywood producers...into the working lives of acting greats such as Redford, Olivier, Newman, and Hoffman...and into his own professional experiences and creative thought processes in the crafting of screenplays. You get a firsthand look at why and how films get made and what elements make a good screenplay. Says columnist Liz Smith, "You'll be fascinated.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780446391177
ISBN10 0446391174
Series/Work OL486965W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Grand Central Publishing
Language EN-US
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

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