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RIP William Goldman

#1 Post by kroxquo » Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:40 pm

Screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, The Princess Bride et al and author of Adventures in the Screen Trade, one of the best books about how the film industry works.

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/66857266 ... dies-at-87

Penned some immortal film quotes -

"Who ARE those guys?"

"Is it safe?"

"I'm your number one fan"

and too many from The Princess Bride to mention.
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#2 Post by Vandal » Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:17 pm

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#3 Post by Bob78164 » Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:25 pm

Vandal wrote:Inconceivable!
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#4 Post by Vandal » Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:19 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
Vandal wrote:Inconceivable!
I do not think that word means what you think it means. --Bob
Incon-theivable!
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#5 Post by silverscreenselect » Sat Nov 17, 2018 4:55 am

A couple of other Goldman works worth mentioning. He wrote the novel and screenplay for Magic, perhaps the best version of the ventriloquist and the evil dummy story, with Anthony Hopkins in the lead role. And he wrote the screenplay of Harper. The plot came from the Ross MacDonald novel, but the reason the film is watchable over and over is the dialogue with lots of Paul Newman snarky one-liners that Goldman wrote.

Harper could have gotten him an Oscar nomination. He was only nominated (and won) twice, for Butch Cassidy and All the President's Men.
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Re: RIP William Goldman

#6 Post by Estonut » Sat Nov 17, 2018 5:24 am

silverscreenselect wrote:A couple of other Goldman works worth mentioning. He wrote the novel and screenplay for Magic, perhaps the best version of the ventriloquist and the evil dummy story, with Anthony Hopkins in the lead role. And he wrote the screenplay of Harper. The plot came from the Ross MacDonald novel, but the reason the film is watchable over and over is the dialogue with lots of Paul Newman snarky one-liners that Goldman wrote.

Harper could have gotten him an Oscar nomination. He was only nominated (and won) twice, for Butch Cassidy and All the President's Men.
There are also 2 which were quoted from above, but not specifically named, "Marathon Man" and "Misery."
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