Adventures in the Screen Trade

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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.."