num_pages: 485
description: From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of All the President's Men ,  The Princess Bride , and  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , here is essential reading for both the aspiring screenwriter and anyone who loves going to the movies.If you want to know why a no-name like Kathy Bates was cast in Misery,  it's in here. Or why Linda Hunt's brilliant work in Maverick didn't make the final cut, William Goldman gives you the straight truth. Why Clint Eastwood loves working with Gene Hackman and how MTV has changed movies for the worse,William Goldman, one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood today, tells all he knows. Devastatingly eye-opening and endlessly entertaining, Which Lie Did I Tell? is indispensable reading for anyone even slightly intrigued by the process of how a movie gets made.
language: English
title: Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade
titlecomplete: Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade
genres: Autobiography, Film, Humor, Media Tie In, Biography Memoir, Biography, Pop Culture, Writing, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2631
publisher: Vintage