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The Confessions of William Goldman

2022-12-25T17:07:11.056Z


REVIEW – The screenwriter of “Butch Cassidy and the Kid” recounts his adventures in Hollywood. A good point for him: William Goldman (1931-2018) only referred to Hollywood with a contemptuous “ Over there” . The screenwriter lived in New York. Initially, he was a novelist. Some of his books were brought to the screen and he took care of the adaptation himself ( Princess Bride, Marathon Man, Magic ). He cut his teeth on Private Investigator , starring Paul Newman. Success came with Butch Cas


A good point for him: William Goldman (1931-2018) only referred to Hollywood with a contemptuous “

Over there”

.

The screenwriter lived in New York.

Initially, he was a novelist.

Some of his books were brought to the screen and he took care of the adaptation himself (

Princess Bride, Marathon Man, Magic

).

He cut his teeth on

Private Investigator

, starring Paul Newman.

Success came with

Butch Cassidy and the Kid

.

Westerns were not his thing, however:

"Horses scare me terribly."

He marveled that no one had picked up on this story before, and recalled a studio executive objecting to him about the ending: "

All I know is John Wayne never got away.

»

Mystical patterns

This

“learning exercise”

was profitable.

Goldman, who was anything but a frustrated director, doesn't take himself seriously and seems pretty laid back with what might happen to his scripts.

This wisdom allowed him to keep a cool head, to endure without flinching the years 1980-1985...

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