Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:33 pm Post subject: RIP William Goldman
A lot of people won't know his name because screenwriters don't get a lot of notoriety. His best known book is The Princess Bride, but few people know that it was a book before a movie. He wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy, All the President's Men, The Stepford Wives, Chaplin, and others. He was often a "consultant" on troubled films, and there were occasional rumors that he wrote screenplays that were attributed to other people (most notably Good Will Hunting). He probably ghost wrote (or "script doctored") more screenplays than are actually attributed to him. He was a major figure in Hollywood, whether you ever heard of him or not.
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: RIP William Goldman
Aeneas Hunter wrote:
A lot of people won't know his name because screenwriters don't get a lot of notoriety. His best known book is The Princess Bride, but few people know that it was a book before a movie. He wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy, All the President's Men, The Stepford Wives, Chaplin, and others. He was often a "consultant" on troubled films, and there were occasional rumors that he wrote screenplays that were attributed to other people (most notably Good Will Hunting). He probably ghost wrote (or "script doctored") more screenplays than are actually attributed to him. He was a major figure in Hollywood, whether you ever heard of him or not.
RIP
Without a doubt, and for good reason. He wrote some the most iconic lines and scenes in American film, and those are the ones we know about.
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 8:01 pm Post subject:
He wrote Maverick, which for what it was was a perfectly executed.
Maverick: [talking to the village thieves] The man who'll blow your brains out is Marshal Zane Cooper. You've probably heard of him, I know what you're thinking, he's old and decrepit, gums his food AND his women, but he can still shoot straight.
Maverick: After you is ugly Annie Bransford. When she was born, she came out backwards and no one noticed. Hell, when she was little, her parents had to tie a pork chop around her neck so the dog would play with her. When she's making love, she has to pretend SHE'S someone else!
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: RIP William Goldman
Aeneas Hunter wrote:
A lot of people won't know his name because screenwriters don't get a lot of notoriety. His best known book is The Princess Bride, but few people know that it was a book before a movie. He wrote the screenplays for Butch Cassidy, All the President's Men, The Stepford Wives, Chaplin, and others. He was often a "consultant" on troubled films, and there were occasional rumors that he wrote screenplays that were attributed to other people (most notably Good Will Hunting). He probably ghost wrote (or "script doctored") more screenplays than are actually attributed to him. He was a major figure in Hollywood, whether you ever heard of him or not.
RIP
Most recent watch of his was Misery about a month ago, but I have a burn of Marathon Man as well. Good movie. Is it safe? Is it safe.... Olivier got an Oscar nomination out of that role.
Wouldn't doubt that script fixer theory because if someone does that at all, they're usually prolific and can write for any genre. John Sayles is one of those, probably more of a B-writer than Goldman, but similarly has a ton of acting, writing, producing, directing roles. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
John Sayles wrote and directed Lone Star. That forever takes him out of the B-writer category for me. But I know what you mean.
I know who he is, but his most known movie is probably still The Howling 1 and that was back in 1980. He did rewrite that script so the studio could falsely advertise it as a psychological thriller and not a campy werewolf flick. Then, AFTER the patrons bought the tickets they got campy werewolf (with good FX). I see Piranha on his list, that's Joe Dante again, so they must've worked with each other in the day. I've never heard of Lone Star, but I'll see if I can find it on demand. Chris Cooper sounds good. Matt McConahuey admittedly concerns me, I'll tell you that now. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
John Sayles wrote and directed Lone Star. That forever takes him out of the B-writer category for me. But I know what you mean.
I know who he is, but his most known movie is probably still The Howling 1 and that was back in 1980. He did rewrite that script so the studio could falsely advertise it as a psychological thriller and not a campy werewolf flick. Then, AFTER the patrons bought the tickets they got campy werewolf (with good FX). I see Piranha on his list, that's Joe Dante again, so they must've worked with each other in the day. I've never heard of Lone Star, but I'll see if I can find it on demand. Chris Cooper sounds good. Matt McConahuey admittedly concerns me, I'll tell you that now.
McConaughey is in the movie for about a minute. You'll be fine.
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