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

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by William Goldman

Shanley on

  spine of

  tone and, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3

  wedding scene of

  and what happens next?, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4

  Big Chill, The (film)

  Big Lebowski, The (film)

  Bird (film)

  Blackbeard, 1.1, 14.1

  Bledsoe Scene, Butch Cassidy, 16.1

  Blood and Money (Thompson)

  Bodner, Bruce

  Bogart, Humphrey: and Casablanca, 7.1, 7.2, 14.1

  and Maltese Falcon, 4.1, 18.1, 18.2

  roles in style of, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3

  Bonnet, Stede, 1.1, 14.1

  Bonnie and Clyde (film)

  Bookman, Robert

  Born Free (film)

  Boston, class issue in

  Boston Strangler

  Boys and Girls Together (Goldman), 14.1, 14.2

  Brando, Marlon, 2.1, 4.1

  Breathless (film)

  Bridges of Madison County, The (film), 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  Bridge Too Far, A (film): and author's hot streak

  Levine and, 1.1, 5.1

  shooting, 1.1, 15.1

  Broadway, author's book about

  Brothers (film), ending of

  Brown, David

  Bruce (lyricist)

  Bruckheimer, Jerry

  Bunuel, Luis

  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (film): as apex of author's career

  Australia Scene in

  beginning of, 14.1, 14.2

  bicycle scene in, 14.1, 14.2

  Bledsoe Scene in

  casting of

  completion of

  credit for screenplay of

  ending of, 8.1, 13.1, 14.1

  first draft of

  and Hill, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 18.1

  Jump-off-the-Cliff Scene in, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  legends of, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1

  middle section of

  mixed genres in, 3.1, 5.1, 10.1

  money for screenplay of

  other films compared with

  phenomenon of

  pitching of

  plot of

  preparation moment in

  prequel to, 4.1, 4.2

  reissues of

  research for

  running away in

  screenwriter's passion for, 5.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  shooting of, 5.1, 8.1

  shoot-out scene in

  sneak previews of, 5.1, 5.2

  source material for, 7.1, 11.1

  South America and, 7.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2

  story of

  stupid courage in

  Superposse in, 7.1, 12.1, 14.1, 16.1

  time leap in

  tone of

  writing of, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  Buttercup's Baby (Goldman)

  Byronic heroes

  CAA (Creative Artists Agency), and Memoirs of an Invisible Man, 2.1, 2.2

  Caan, James: and Misery, 4.1, 4.2, 11.1, 16.1

  and Superman, 11.1

  "Cabaret" (Kander), 14.1, 14.2

  Cage, Nicholas

  Cagney, James: author's sighting of

  in Love Me or Leave Me, 18.1

  roles in style of, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3

  camera:

  novelist as

  speed of, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

  Cameron, James, 2.1, 9.1

  and grosses

  and Titanic, 13.1, 18.1

  Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

  Cannes Film Festival, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1

  Hype and Glory about

  Canton, Mark

  caper films

  Capra, Frank

  Captain Marvel (comic book)

  careers, and timing

  Carousel (film)

  Carradine, David

  Carrey, Jim, 2.1, 9.1

  Casablanca (film), 4.1, 7.1

  defining moment in

  jump-off-the-cliff scene for

  Cassidy, Butch, see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  casting:

  importance of, 3.1, 7.1

  and the unknown, 4.1, 15.1

  Castle Rock studios: and Absolute Power, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6

  and Good Will Hunting, 18.1

  and Misery, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4

  and When Harry Met Sally, 10.1

  and Year of the Comet, 5.1

  Chamber, The (film)

  Chandler, Raymond

  Chaplin, Charlie, 4.1, 18.1

  Chaplin (film), 18.1, 18.2

  character, importance of, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3

  characters, numbers of, 8.1, 8.2

  Charade (film)

  Chariots of Fire (film)

  Charley (film): as author's first screenplay

  opening scene of

  Chase, Chevy, and Memoirs of an Invisible Man, 2.1, 2.2

  Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine

  Chekhov, Anton, 4.1, 8.1, 12.1

  Chicago (Broadway musical)

  childhood, unhappy

  China Syndrome, The (film), 7.1, 7.2

  Chinatown (film)

  as classic

  confrontation scene in

  ending scene of

  score of, 7.1, 13.1

  "She's My Daughter, She's My Sister" scene in

  sneak previews of

  Towne as screenwriter for, 9.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4

  Cinemania, reviews in

  cinematographers, 13.1, 13.2

  Citizen Kane (film)

  Claiborne, Ross

  Clair, Rene

  Clancy, Tom

  Clayton, Jack

  Cleese, Alyce

  Cleese, John, 8.1, 8.2, 14.1, 14.2

  Clift, Montgomery

  Clooney, George

  Close, Glenn

  Coen, Joel and Ethan: and Chinatown, 13.1

  and Fargo, 13.1

  and Independent films

  working methods of, 13.1, 13.2

  Cohn, Harry

  Columbia University, grad school, 14.1, 14.2

  Columbus, Chris

  Coma (film)

  comedies:

  characters in

  as difficult projects

  embarrassment and

  genre requirements of

  Goldman's inability to write, 10.1, 15.1

  and Oscars

  peak moments of

  romantic

  comic books

  composers

  confrontation scene, Chinatown, 13.1

  connectives, 14.1, 18.1

  Connery, Sean: height of

  roles in style of, 15.1, 15.2, 17.1

  as star

  and Year of the Comet, 1.1

  Control (film), ending of

  Cook, Elisha, Jr.

  Cooper, Gary

  Coppola, Francis Ford, 7.1, 13.1

  Costner, Kevin

  and Dances with Wolves, 7.1, 16.1

  and Ghost and the Darkness, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

  Cotton Club, The (film)

  Country Girl, The (film)

  courage, stupid

  courtroom scenes

  craft, in doctoring

  Creative Artists Agency (CAA), 2.1, 2.2

  creative process, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1

  Crimson Pirate, The (film)

  critics, brilliant writing ignored by, 9.1, 14.1

  Crop-Dusting Scene, North by Northwest, 11.1, 11.2

  Cruise, Tom

  and Ghost and the Darkness, 7.1, 7.2

  and Rainman, 18.1

  as star

  Crystal, Billy

  and Princess Bride, 10.1

  in When Harry Met Sally, 6.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

  Cukor, George

  Curtiz, Michael

  Cutthroat Island (film)

  cutting, fast

  Cutting Edge, The (film), 18.1

  Damon, Matt, 14.1, 18.1, 18.2

  Dances with Wolves (film), 7.1, 16.1

  "Dancing in the Dark" scene

  Dangerfield, Rodney

  Dan
te Alighieri

  Darabont, Frank

  Dave (film)

  Davey, Bruce, and Maverick, 6.1

  da Vinci, Leonardo

  Day, Doris

  Days of Thunder (film)

  Day They Stole the Mona Lisa, The (Reit)

  Dead Again (film)

  dead guy in subway (story idea), 18.1

  Death of a Salesman (drama)

  Decter, Ed

  Delacorte Press

  De Mille, Cecil B.

  Dench, Judi

  DeNiro, Robert, 4.1, 5.1

  Depardieu, Gerard

  designers, production

  Desk Set, The (film)

  detecting scene, Fargo, 13.1

  Devil's Advocate, The (film)

  DeVito, Danny, 7.1, 14.1

  dialogue:

  screenplays as more than, 10.1, 18.1

  speed of action vs.

  unimportance of

  Diana, Princess of Wales, 13.1, 16.1

  Diaz, Cameron, 4.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

  DiCaprio, Leonardo, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2

  Dickens, Charles

  Dick Tracy (film)

  Dillon, Matt

  directors: beginners and

  credits for

  as elements

  fear of

  and first drafts

  first projects with

  as lacking vision

  magic of

  media attention to, 8.1, 9.1

  and movie quality

  movies written for

  as screwing things up

  talent clusters of

  Dirty Harry (film)

  discipline, importance of

  Disney Enterprises

  Dixon, Jeane

  doctoring, 2.1, 18.1

  Doctor Strangelove (film)

  documentary look

  Dolores Claiborne (film), 8.1, 18.1

  "Dolphin, The" (Story Four)

  beginning of

  source material for

  Domingo, Placido

  Donen, Stanley

  Donne, John

  Donner, Dick: and Maverick, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 17.1

  and Sea Kings, 14.1

  Dos Passos, John

  Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

  Dougherty, Marion

  Douglas, Kirk

  Douglas, Michael

  and Ghost and the Darkness, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 18.1

  intelligence of

  as producer

  as star

  Dracula pictures, popularity of

  Dreyfuss, Richard, 4.1, 7.1

  Duluth University

  Dumb and Dumber (film), 9.1, 18.1

  Dunaway, Faye, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

  Dunnock, Mildred

  East of Eden (film)

  Eastwood, Clint: and Absolute Power, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 13.1

  and Bird, 8.1

  and Bridges, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  career of

  and casting

  crew of

  and Firefox, 1.1

  on Hackman

  height of

  and Malpaso

  Oscar to

  professionalism of, 8.1, 18.1

  roles in style of, 15.1, 15.2

  speedy work of, 8.1, 8.2

  as star, 2.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 11.1

  and Unforgiven, 14.1

  Easy Rider (film)

  Ebert, Roger

  ego clashes

  element (director or star)

  Elevator Scene

  Elwes, Cary, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1

  endings, movie, 8.1, 13.1

  "Entering Late" (Goldman)

  Ephron, Nora: and All the President's Men, 10.1

  career of

  parents of

  style of

  and When Harry Met Sally, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1, 14.1

  Ephron, Phoebe and Henry

  Epsteins, and Casablanca, 7.1

  Esquire magazine

  E.T. (film), 1.1, 5.1

  Ewell, Tom

  Executive Power (Baldacci): and Absolute Power, 8.1

  characters in, 8.1, 8.2

  ending of

  epilogue of

  opening of, 8.1, 8.2

  plot of, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  sales of rights to, 8.1, 8.2

  sensational sequences in

  Executive Suite (film)

  Extreme Measures (film), 8.1

  fables

  Face/Off (film)

  Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr.

  Falling Down (film)

  Fanny and Alexander (film)

  farce, genre requirements of

  Fargo (film)

  Barfing in the Snow Scene of

  detecting scene in

  plot of

  writing of

  Farrelly, Peter and Bobby

  and Big A, 18.1, 18.2

  career of

  and Something About Mary, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 14.1

  style of, 10.1, 13.1

  Farrow, Mia

  fast cutting

  Fatal Attraction (film)

  Faulkner, William, 4.1, 5.1

  fear:

  of change

  of directors

  of humiliation, 1.1, 15.1

  of kidnapping

  of lawsuits

  of lions, 7.1, 7.2

  as natural state

  of Ovitz

  of screwing things up

  writing about

  Fellini, Federico, 4.1, 4.2, 12.1

  Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe

  Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

  films, see moviemaking; movies

  film schools

  Finney, Jack

  Firefox (film)

  firemen, Willie Mays of

  first drafts: being fired after

  directors needed for

  for producers

  as starting points

  see also specific films Fish Named Wanda, A (film)

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 4.1, 12.1

  Flatliners (film)

  Fletch (film series)

  flops, terms for

  "Flowers for Algernon" (Keyes), 2.1, 2.2

  Flynn, Errol

  focus groups

  Follett, Ken

  Follies (Broadway musical)

  Fonda, Jane, 7.1, 18.1

  Ford, Harrison: career of, 7.1, 7.2

  and Misery, 4.1

  roles in style of, 15.1, 18.1

  Ford, John, 4.1, 14.1

  Forrest Gump (film), 3.1, 5.1

  Forsythe, John

  Foster, Jodie

  Four Dogs and a Bone (film)

  Four Weddings and a Funeral (film)

  Fox, Michael J.

  Fox studios: and In the Spring, 14.1

  and Jaws, 5.1

  and Princess Bride, 3.1

  Frank, Scott: and Big A, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3

  career of

  on character, 18.1, 18.2

  Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (drama)

  Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (film)

  Freeman, Morgan, 7.1, 14.1

  Frick, Henry Clay, 17.1, 17.2

  From the Terrace (film)

  Frost, Gen. John

  Frost, Robert, poetry by, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  Fugitive, The (film), 11.1, 18.1

  Gable, Clark

  Garbo, Greta

  Garner, James, and Maverick, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

  genres:

  constraints of

  mixing

  Gere, Richard

  Geronimo

  Gershwin, George and Ira

  Get Shorty (film)

  Get Shorty (Leonard)

  Ghostbusters (film), 2.1, 2.2

  Ghost, The, and the Darkness (film), 7.1, 7.2

  Africa and, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

  casting of, 7.1, 7.2

  changes in, 7.1, 7.2

  and Douglas, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 18.1

  lions in, 7.1, 7.2

  mixing of

  as original screenplay

&n
bsp; as Patterson's story, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

  Redbeard in, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

  screenwriter's passion for, 5.1, 7.1, 14.1, 14.2

  shooting of, 7.1, 8.1

  sneak previews of

  source material for

  Gibson, Mel: and Ghost and the Darkness, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

  and Maverick, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 17.1

  in parking scene

  as star, 7.1, 7.2, 18.1

  in taxi scene

  Gielgud, Sir John

  Gig, The (film)

  Gigi (film)

  Gilroy, Frank, 8.1, 14.1

  Gilroy, Tony: and Absolute Power, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  and Big A, 18.1, 18.2

  career of

  on character

  on tone, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3

  Glenn, Scott

  Godard, Jean Luc

  Godfather (film), 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 11.1, 13.1

  Godfather (Puzo)

  Going My Way (film)

  Golden Age of comic books

  Goldman, Ilene, 1.1, 7.1, 14.1, 14.2

  Goldman, Jenny, 1.1, 5.1, 8.1, 18.1

  Goldman, Jim

  Goldman, Susanna, 3.1, 8.1, 14.1

  Goldman, William: in the army

  back spasms of

  Broadway shows by

  at Columbia, 14.1, 14.2

  and comedy writing, 10.1, 15.1

  dry spells of

  in "Entering Late,"

  first screenplay by, 2.1, 14.1

  hot streaks of, 1.1, 3.1

  immortality desired by

  insecurity of

  instincts of, 14.1, 18.1

  Goldman, William (continued) movie projects of, see specific titles nonfiction writing of

  at Northwestern

  as novelist, 8.1, 9.1, 14.1, 14.2, 18.1; see also specific titles at Oberlin, ix, 4.1, 14.1, 14.2

  at Princeton, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  projects turned down by

  rejection slips for

  on shooting sets

  as teacher

  work habits of

  Goldsmith, Jerry

  "Good Guy, The" (Story Two)

  Goodman, John

  Good Old Charley Gordon (screenplay), opening scene of

  Good Will Hunting (film)

  Graduate, The (film)

  Grant, Cary: in Charade, 5.1

  in Gunga Din, 14.1

  in North by Northwest, 11.1, 11.2

  roles in the style of, 1.1, 5.1, 7.1, 14.1, 14.2, 18.1

  Great Gatsby, The (film)

  Great Waldo Pepper, The (film)

  and author's hot streak

  as confidence builder

  and Hill, 4.1, 14.1

  Sarandon in

  Green, Jack

  Greene, Graham, 6.1, 9.1

  greenlighters

  Gremlins (film)

  Groundhog Day (film)

  group therapy, spitballing and

  Guest, Chris

  Gunfighter, The (film), 4.1, 13.1

  Gunga Din (film), 14.1, 14.2

  Hackman, Gene: and Absolute Power, 8.1

  and Misery, 4.1

  and Unforgiven, 14.1

  Hands of Esau, The (Haydn)

  Harper (film), 3.1, 11.1, 14.1, 16.1

  Harriman, E. H.

  Harris, Ed, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1

  Harris, Julie

  Harris, Richard

  Hawks, Howard

  Haydn, Hiram, 3.1, 18.1

  Heartburn (Ephron)

  Heat (film)

  Heavenly Creatures (film)

  Heffalumps, screenplays like

  Hemingway, Ernest

  Henreid, Paul

  Hepburn, Audrey: in Charade, 5.1

  roles in style of, 14.1, 14.2, 18.1, 18.2

  in Roman Holiday, 18.1

  Hepburn, Katharine, 14.1, 18.1

  "Hermits need hope" (line)

  heroes:

  Byronic

  mystery needed by

  running away

  heroism:

  as inappropriate film subject

  stories of

  Hiassen, Carl

  High Sierra (film)

  Hill, George Roy: advice from

  and Butch Cassidy, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 18.1

  and Misery, 4.1

  on moviemaking, 3.1, 17.1, 18.1

  and Waldo Pepper, 4.1, 14.1

  and writers

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 4.1, 11.1, 12.1

  Hoffman, Dustin: and All the President's Men, 13.1

 

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