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Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting / William Goldman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldman, William, 1931-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Goldman, William, 1931-2018--Motion picture plays.
- Goldman, William.
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History.
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
- Motion picture authorship.
- Motion picture industry--United States.
- Motion picture industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 418 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Warner Books, ©1983.
- Language Note:
- English.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Goldman, William, 1931- Adventures in the screen trade.
- ISBN:
- 9781455580569
- 1455580562
- 1455525464
- 9781455525461
- Publisher Number:
- 99995559530
- EB00279314 Recorded Books
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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