Adventures in the Screen Trade

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

Paperback (10 Mar 1989)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 BrideMarathon 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.."

Book information

ISBN: 9780446391177
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xiii, 594
Weight: 476g
Height: 135mm
Width: 203mm
Spine width: 33mm