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Which Lie Did I Tell?

More Adventures in the Screen Trade

More Adventures in the Screen Trade

By William Goldman

By William Goldman

By William Goldman

By William Goldman

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Feb 20, 2001 | ISBN 9780375703195

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Dec 18, 2013 | ISBN 9780307764799

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    About Which Lie Did I Tell?

    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 loves working with Gene Hackman and how MTV has changed movies for the worse,William Goldman, one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood today, tells all he knows. Devastatingly eye-opening and endlessly entertaining, Which Lie Did I Tell? is indispensable reading for anyone even slightly intrigued by the process of how a movie gets made.

    About Which Lie Did I Tell?

    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 loves working with Gene Hackman and how MTV has changed movies for the worse,William Goldman, one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood today, tells all he knows. Devastatingly eye-opening and endlessly entertaining, Which Lie Did I Tell? is indispensable reading for anyone even slightly intrigued by the process of how a movie gets made.

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    The Silent Gondoliers
    Magic
    See all books by William Goldman

    About 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… More about William Goldman

    About 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… More about William Goldman

    Product Details

    Category: Film | Performing Arts | Art | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $19.95
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 20, 2001 | 512 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375703195

    Category: Film | Performing Arts | Art | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 18, 2013 | 512 Pages | ISBN 9780307764799
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    Praise

    “[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

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