Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting

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Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting - Paperback

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting - Paperback

by William Goldman
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Book Overview

by William Goldman (Author)

Enter Hollywood's inner sanctums in this gosippy and honest book, named one the top 100 film books of all time by The Hollywood Reporter, by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter and bestselling author of The Primcess Bride.

No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of The Princess Bride, Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you 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.."
Number of Pages: 608
Dimensions: 1.31 x 8.27 x 5.05 IN
Publication Date: March 10, 1989
ISBN9780446391177
Author William Goldman
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
GenreBiography and Arts
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 1989
LanguageENG- English
Pages608
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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