Book Cover Adventures in the Screen Trade

Adventures in the Screen Trade

of William Goldman

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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.

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Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 608 pages
  • Publisher Grand Central Publishing
  • Publication Date March 10th 1989
  • First Publication 11/05/83
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780446391177
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Non-Fiction
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