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.