Which Lie Did I Tell?
More Adventures in the Screen Trade
$34.98
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
20 February 2001
Summary
From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of All the President’s Men, The Princess Bride, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, here is essential reading for both the aspiring screenwriter and anyone who loves going to the movies.
If you want to know why a no-name like Kathy Bates was cast in Misery, it’s in here. Or why Linda Hunt’s brilliant work in Maverick didn’t make the final cut, William Goldman gives you the straight truth. Why Clint Eastwood lov…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375703195 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375703195 |
| Author: | William Goldman |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 20 February 2001 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 132mm x 202mm |
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Critics Review
’[Which Lie Did I Tell?] is a leisurely and perceptive look at movies and scripts and how they happen from a master of the trade.’ –TheLos Angeles Times
[C]ompelling … full of practical advice for the aspiring screenwriter.–The New York Times
[A] shrewd and beguiling blend of Hollywood war stories, screenwriting shoptalk, and … unstinting joie de vivre.–The Boston Globe
Goldman still proves a racously engaging guide to the business.–Variety
William Goldman
William Goldman was an Academy Award–winning author of screenplays, plays, memoirs, and novels. His first novel, The Temple of Gold (1957), was followed by the script for the Broadway army comedy Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole (1961). He went on to write the screenplays for many acclaimed films, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and All the President’s Men (1976), for which he won two Academy Awards. He adapted his own novels for the hit movies Marathon Man (1976) and The Princess Bride (1987).
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