Which lie did I tell?
Subtitle: more adventures in the screen trade
By: by William Goldman
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9780375403491
Subjects: Biography; Motion picture industry; Motion picture plays; Screenwriters; Motion picture authorship; History
Description: "William Goldman returns to give us the latest lowdown on Hollywood moviemaking. He dishes the dirt, adventure by adventure, from his most recent films - the successes and the failures - with insider anecdotes from such star-studded sets as The Princess Bride, Misery, and Absolute Power. We find out what it's like to work with Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Richard Donner, Rob Reiner, Clint Eastwood, and all the rest of Hollywood's major power players.".

"But this is much more than just a tourist's guide to the backlot. Goldman conducts a virtual writer's clinic: he tells us exactly what works on film and why, dissecting classic moments in great screenplays ranging from the crop-dusting scene in North by Northwest to the zipper scene in There's Something About Mary. He gives us insider tips on everything from good storytelling to effective pitch-making, and he shows us where his ideas come from and what he does with them when they get there.

Finally, he brings together some of today's top screenwriters to analyze, doctor, or destroy a screenplay he created just for this book."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: More adventures; title: The Leper (1980-85); title: Memoirs of an invisible man (1986); title: The Princess Bride (1987); title: Misery (1990); title: The Year of the Comet (Alas) (1992); title: Maverick (1994); title: The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); title: Absolute Power (1997); title: Heffalumps!!; title: There's Something about Mary; title: When Harry Met Sally; title: North by Northwest; title: The Seventh Seal; title: Chinatown and Fargo; title: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; title: Stories; title: Story one: The old guy; title: Story two: The good guy; title: Story three: The mastermind; title: Story four: The dolphin; title: The big A.