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William Goldman

Show Business: The Road to Broadway

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Born: 08/12/1931 Highland Park, IL

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Biography: The younger brother of writer James Goldman, William Goldman has successfully tackled every sort of professional writing, from children's books to novels to essays to plays to screenplays. He is even more prolific than some people might assume: several of Goldman's works were published under the nom de plume Harry Longbaugh. Goldman is at his best with iconoclastic historical pieces, notably his Oscar-winning screenplays for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and All the President's Men (1976). He has also expertly adapted many of his own novels to the screen: Marathon Man (1976) (another Oscar winner), Magic (1978), Heat (1979) and The Princess Bride (1987). Goldman has earned a reputation as an ace "script doctor," offering his uncredited services to projects that might otherwise be unfilmable. A perceptive inside observer of the movie business, Goldman has written two revelatory nonfiction books, Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983) and Hype and Glory (1990). He recently returned to the "revisionist" western format he'd popularized in Butch Cassidy with his screenplay for Mel Gibson's Maverick (1994). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

DVDs that William Goldman appeared in...

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10/16/2007 - Show Business: The Road to Broadway
10/16/2007 - Show Business: The Road to Broadway

DVDs that William Goldman worked on "behind the scenes"...

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01/12/2010 - The Last Action Hero [Blu-ray] - Screenwriter
09/15/2009 - Misery [Blu-ray/DVD] - Screenwriter
06/09/2009 - Indecent Proposal [Blu-ray] - Producer
03/17/2009 - The Princess Bride [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] - Screenwriter
02/27/2009 - Twins [Fullscreen] - Screenwriter
10/14/2008 - Chaplin [15th Anniversary Edition] [Widescreen] - Screenwriter
09/23/2008 - A Bridge Too Far [Decades Collection] - Screenwriter
06/03/2008 - A Bridge Too Far [Blu-ray] - Screenwriter
05/13/2008 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [Blu-ray] - Book Author
11/13/2007 - The Princess Bride [20th Anniversary Edition] - Screenwriter