Contents
Welcome
Dedication
Author's Note
Part One: Hollywood Realities
Chapter One: The Powers That Be
Stars
Studio Executives
Directors
Producers
Chapter Two: Elements
L.A.
Agents
Bread
Meetings
Auteurs
Beginnings
Endings
Speed
Subtext
Protecting the Star
Believing Reality
Enduring
The Ecology of Hollywood (or, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Gunga Din)
Part Two: Adventures
Introduction
Chapter Three: Charly and Masquerade
Chapter Four: Harper
Chapter Five: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Chapter Six: The Thing of It Is...
Chapter Seven: The Stepford Wives
Chapter Eight: The Great Waldo Pepper
Chapter Nine: All the President's Men
Chapter Ten: Marathon Man
Chapter Eleven: The Right Stuff
Chapter Thirteen: A Bridge Too Far
Part Three: Da Vinci
Introduction
Chapter Fourteen: The Short Story
Chapter Fifteen: Before We Begin Writing
Chapter Sixteen: The Screenplay
Chapter Seventeen: Interviews
Tony Walton
Gordon Willis
Dede Allen
David Grusin
George Roy Hill
Chapter Eighteen: The Relay Race
Final Fade-In
About the Author
Also by William Goldman
Copyright
Copyright
Permission to quote from American Film magazine (c) 1982 is gratefully acknowledged.
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