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

by WilliamGoldman (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $4.55

  William Goldman's follow up to Adventures in the Screen Trade is a guide to the nuts and bolts of film making that can be found behind the glitzy facade of contemporary Hollywood.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $4.55

  Following the bestselling Adventures in the Screen Trade Goldman has even more secrets to tell. He shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the sets of such movies as The Princess Bride , Misery and Maverick , and fills us in on what it's like to work with Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Clint Eastwood, amongst many other Hollywood players. He tells us what does and doesn't work on film and why, and conducts a virtual writer's clinic on classic moments in great screenplays: among them the crop-dusting scene in North by Northwest and the zipper scene in There's Something About Mary . Finally, Goldman brings together some of today's top screenwriters to analyse and doctor a screenplay he created specifically for this book. Which Lie Did I Tell? is the definitve guide for any inspiring screenwriter in revealing the nuts and bolts behind the glitzy facade of contemporary Hollywood film.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.35

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $20.15