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Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade

William Goldman

3.9/5 ( ratings)

From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Princess Bride , and the bestselling author of Adventures in the Screen Trade comes a garrulous new book that is as much a screenwriting how-to manual as it is a feast of insider information.

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.

Language: English

Pages: 485

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: February 20, 2001

ISBN: 0375703195

ISBN 13: 9780375703195

Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade

William Goldman

3.9/5 ( ratings)

From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Princess Bride , and the bestselling author of Adventures in the Screen Trade comes a garrulous new book that is as much a screenwriting how-to manual as it is a feast of insider information.

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.

Language: English

Pages: 485

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: February 20, 2001

ISBN: 0375703195

ISBN 13: 9780375703195

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