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Which lie did I tell? : more adventures in the screen trade
- Title
- Which lie did I tell? : more adventures in the screen trade / by William Goldman.
- Author
- Goldman, William, 1931-2018.
- Publication
- New York : Pantheon Books, ©2000.
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- x, 485 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "William Goldman returns to give us the latest lowdown on Hollywood moviemaking. He dishes the dirt, adventure by adventure, from his most recent films - the successes and the failures - with insider anecdotes from such star-studded sets as The Princess Bride, Misery, and Absolute Power. We find out what it's like to work with Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Richard Donner, Rob Reiner, Clint Eastwood, and all the rest of Hollywood's major power players." "But this is much more than just a tourist's guide to the backlot. Goldman conducts a virtual writer's clinic: he tells us exactly what works on film and why, dissecting classic moments in great screenplays ranging from the crop-dusting scene in North by Northwest to the zipper scene in There's Something About Mary. He gives us insider tips on everything from good storytelling to effective pitch-making, and he shows us where his ideas come from and what he does with them when they get there. Finally, he brings together some of today's top screenwriters to analyze, doctor, or destroy a screenplay he created just for this book."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- [Pantheon final draft]
- Uniform Title
- Pantheon final draft.
- Subjects
- Screenwriters
- Motion picture industry
- Screenwriters > United States > Biography
- Biography
- Screenplays
- California > Los Angeles > Hollywood
- Motion picture authorship
- United States
- History
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > History
- Motion picture industry > United States
- Biographies
- Goldman, William, 1931-2018 > Motion picture plays
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Screenplays.
- Biography.
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- More adventures -- The Leper (1980-85) -- Memoirs of an invisible man (1986) -- The Princess Bride (1987) -- Misery (1990) -- The Year of the Comet (Alas) (1992) -- Maverick (1994) -- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) -- Absolute Power (1997) -- Heffalumps!! -- There's Something about Mary -- When Harry Met Sally -- North by Northwest -- The Seventh Seal -- Chinatown and Fargo -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- Stories -- Story one: The old guy -- Story two: The good guy -- Story three: The mastermind -- Story four: The dolphin -- The big A.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-7756
- ISBN
- 0375403493
- 9780375403491
- LCCN
- 99045130
- OCLC
- 42389538
- Author
- Goldman, William, 1931-2018.
- Title
- Which lie did I tell? : more adventures in the screen trade / by William Goldman.
- Imprint
- New York : Pantheon Books, ©2000.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- [Pantheon final draft]Pantheon final draft.
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- Other Form:
- Online version: Goldman, William, 1931- Which lie did I tell? 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, ©2000 (OCoLC)606317329Online version: Goldman, William, 1931- Which lie did I tell? 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, ©2000 (OCoLC)607164064
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-7756