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Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting
- Title
- Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting / William Goldman.
- Author
- Goldman, William, 1931-2018.
- Publication
- New York : Warner Books, 1983.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Goldman, William, 1931-2018..
- Description
- xiii, 418 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Expanded to include the full screenplay of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Part One: Hollywood realities -- 1. The powers that be -- Stars -- Studio executives -- Directors -- Producers -- 2. Elements -- L.A. -- Agents -- Bread -- Meetings -- Auteurs -- Beginnings -- Endings -- Speed -- Subtext -- Protecting the star -- Believing reality -- Enduring -- The ecology of Hollywood (or, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Gunga Din) -- Part Two: Adventures -- 3. Charly and Masquerade -- 4. Harper -- 5. The thing of it is ... -- 6. The Stepford Wives -- 7. The Great Waldo Pepper -- 8. All the president's men -- 9. Marathon man -- 10. The right stuff -- 11. Grand Hotel -- 12. A bridge too far -- Part Three: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- 13. Butch -- 14. "Camera crap" -- 15. The screenplay -- 16. The weaknesses of the screenplay -- 17. The strengths of the screenplay -- Part Four: Da Vince -- 18. The short story -- 19. Before we begin writing -- 20. The screenplay -- 21. Interviews: Tony Walton, Gordon Willis, Dede Allen, David Grusin, George Roy Hill -- 22. The relay race -- Final fade-in.
- Call Number
- MWES (Goldman, W.) 83-1132
- ISBN
- 0446512737
- LCCN
- 82017602
- OCLC
- 8784834
- NYPG83-B25321
- Author
- Goldman, William, 1931-2018.
- Title
- Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting / William Goldman.
- Imprint
- New York : Warner Books, 1983.
- Added Author
- Goldman, William, 1931-2018.. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Goldman, W.) 83-1132