and Misery, 4.1
and Unforgiven, 14.1
Hands of Esau, The (Haydn)
Harper (film), 3.1, 11.1, 14.1, 16.1
Harriman, E. H.
Harris, Ed, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1
Harris, Julie
Harris, Richard
Hawks, Howard
Haydn, Hiram, 3.1, 18.1
Heartburn (Ephron)
Heat (film)
Heavenly Creatures (film)
Heffalumps, screenplays like
Hemingway, Ernest
Henreid, Paul
Hepburn, Audrey:
in Charade, 5.1
roles in style of, 14.1, 14.2, 18.1, 18.2
in Roman Holiday, 18.1
Hepburn, Katharine, 14.1, 18.1
“Hermits need hope” (line)
heroes:
Byronic
mystery needed by
running away
heroism:
as inappropriate film subject
stories of
Hiassen, Carl
High Sierra (film)
Hill, George Roy:
advice from
and Butch Cassidy, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 18.1
and Misery, 4.1
on moviemaking, 3.1, 17.1, 18.1
and Waldo Pepper, 4.1, 14.1
and writers
Hitchcock, Alfred, 4.1, 11.1, 12.1
Hoffman, Dustin:
and All the President’s Men, 13.1
and Marathon Man, 7.1, 8.1
and Misery, 4.1
and Rainman, 18.1
Hole in the Wall gang
Hollywood:
and audience size
the bank in, 1.1, 1.2
being at one another’s mercy in
creative accounting in
doctoring used in
Dracula pictures as popular in
duality of
great studio era of
handshake business in
horseshit in, 14.1, 14.2
Independent films in, 14.1, 14.2
lepers in, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1
making movies in, see moviemaking
office size in
phoniness of
pitching in
short-time wonders in
sleaze in
as storytellers’ campfire, 18.1
studio executives in, see studio executives
talent clusters in
who was who in
working together in
Home Alone (film), 1.1, 2.1
Homer, 9.1, 14.1
Honorary Consul, The (film)
Hopkins, Anthony, 7.1, 15.1, 18.1
Hopkins, Stephen, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1
Horn, Tom
Hot Rock, The (film)
Hot Rock, The (Westlake)
Howard the Duck (film)
Hunt, Linda, and Maverick, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Hurt, William, 4.1, 4.2
Huston, John:
in Chinatown, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
and Maltese Falcon, 4.1
Hype and Glory (Goldman), 8.1
Importance of Being Earnest (drama)
Independent films, 14.1, 14.2
Indiana Jones (film), 4.1, 7.1
information overload
Innes, Hammond
Internal Affairs (film)
In the Line of Fire (film)
In the Spring the War Ended (film)
In the Spring the War Ended (Zinackis)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (film)
Iran, hostages in
Island of Dr. Moreau, The (film), 7.1
Jackson, Anne
Jackson, Glenda
Jackson, Michael
James, Jesse
Jaws (film), 5.1, 7.1
Jewel of the Nile, The (film), 7.1, 7.2
John, Elton
Jumping-off-the-Cliff Scene, Butch Cassidy, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Jurassic Park (film), 4.1
Kander, John, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 18.1
Kaper, Bronislau
Kaufman, George S.
Kazan, Elia, 3.1, 4.1, 18.1
Keaton, Michael, and Batman, 7.1
Kelly, Gene
Kenya, Masai Mara Plains in, 7.1, 7.2
Keyes, Daniel, 2.1, 2.2
Khouri, Callie
and Big A, 18.1, 18.2
career of
Killers, The (film)
Kilmer, Val, in Ghost and the Darkness, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
King, Henry
King, Stephen:
and Misery, 4.1, 4.2, 11.1, 16.1
as stylist
King and I, The (film)
King David (film)
King Kong (film)
Kingpin (film), 9.1, 18.1
Kline, Kevin, 4.1, 4.2
Koch, Howard, and Casablanca, 7.1
Kubrick, Stanley, 4.1, 18.1, 18.2
Kurosawa, Akira
Lancaster, Burt
Last Action Hero (film)
Laverne and Shirley (TV series)
Lawrence of Arabia (film), 7.1, 11.1, 11.2
Lean, David, 4.1, 4.2, 11.1, 14.1, 18.1
and Lawrence of Arabia, 11.1
and screenwriters
Lear, Norman
Lehman, Ernest:
awards to
films of
and Hitchcock
and North by Northwest, 11.1, 11.2
quitting
Lemmon, Jack
Leonard, Elmore
leprosy, in Hollywood, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1
Lester, Richard
Lethal Weapons (film)
Levine, Joseph E.:
as the bank, 1.1, 1.2
and Bridge Too Far, 1.1, 5.1
and Sea Kings, 14.1
three-picture deal with, 1.1, 5.1
Levinson, Barry
Lewinsky, Monica
Lewis, Robert
Lili (film), score of
Lindbergh, Charles
Lion in Winter, The (drama)
Lion King, The (film)
lions:
in Ghost and the Darkness, 7.1, 7.2
time for
Little Engine That Could (fable), 18.1
Little Man Tate (film)
Littleton, Colorado, school massacre in, 13.1, 16.1
Lloyd Webber, Andrew
locomotives (male leads)
Los Angeles, as American dream
Love Me or Leave Me (film)
Low Fives (film)
Lucas, George
films in style of
and sequels
Lumet, Sidney
McCarey, Leo
McCarthy, Kevin
McCrindle, Joe
McDormand, Frances, 13.1, 13.2
McKee, Robert
McLaglen, Victor
McMartin, John
Mad Max (film), 4.1, 7.1
Magic (film):
and author’s hot streak
ending for
Levine and, 1.1, 5.1
and magic tricks
Magic (Goldman), 1.1, 1.2, 5.1
magic tricks, 6.1, 18.1
Magnificent Ambersons, The (film)
Malden, Karl
Malpaso production company
Maltese Falcon, The (film), 4.1, 18.1, 18.2
Mankiewicz, Joseph
Marathon Man (film):
and author’s hot streak, 1.1, 8.1
ending for, 8.1, 14.1
ideas for
star behavior in
Marathon Man (Goldman), 1.1, 5.1, 14.1
Marshall, E. G.
Marshall, Penny
“Mary had a little lamb,”
Masai Mara Plains, Kenya, 7.1, 7.2
Mason, James
Masquerade (film)
“Mastermind, The” (Story Three)
Matrix, The (film)
Maverick (film), 6.1, 17.1
assumptions in
casting of
ending scene of
fifth draft of
first draft of
first showing of
and Gibson, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 17.1
hanging scene in, 6.1, 6.2
Magician in, 6.1, 6.2
as original screenplay
poker game in
rattlesnakes in, 6.1, 6.2
second to fourth drafts of, 6.1, 6.2
shooting of
TV show of
Mays, Willie
Meatballs (film)
media:
directors loved by, 8.1, 9.1
and disasters, 5.1, 13.1, 16.1
and Littleton massacre
screenwriters ignored by
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film), 2.1, 2.2
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (Saint)
“Memory” (Lloyd Webber)
Me Myself and Irene (film), 9.1, 18.1
Men in Black (film)
MGM:
all-star movies from
and Hitchcock
in studio era
Michael (film)
Midler, Bette, and Misery, 4.1
Miles from Home (film)
Milland, Ray
Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years (Fernandez-Armesto)
Miller, George
Miller, Penelope Anne
Mills, Hayley
Minnelli, Vincent
Minority Report (film)
Miramax studio
Misery (film)
Ankle-Breaking Scene in, 4.1, 11.1, 11.2, 17.1
and Bates, 4.1, 11.1
and Caan, 4.1, 4.2, 11.1, 16.1
casting of
Misery (film) (continued)
and Hill
and King, 4.1, 4.2, 11.1, 16.1
lighter fluid scene in
Oscar for
plot of, 4.1, 16.1
spine of, 11.1, 11.2
as “two-hander,”
two kinds of stories in
Misery (King), 4.1, 4.2
adaptation of, 11.1, 11.2
hobbling scene in, 4.1, 11.1
Miss America Contest, judging of
Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Mr. Horn (film), 14.1, 14.2
Mixed Company (Shaw)
Mogambo (film)
Mona Lisa (da Vinci)
monsters, slowing down for
Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law
Moonstruck (film)
Moore, Douglas
Moore, Dudley
Moore, Roger
Morgan, J. P.
Morgenstern, S., 3.1, 14.1
Morris, William, Agency
Mount Kenya Safari Club
moviemaking:
the bank in, 1.1, 1.2
beginners in
boring nature of
casting in, 4.1, 15.1
by cinematographers, 13.1, 13.2
control in
costs of, 1.1, 8.1
courtroom scenes in
creativity and
crucial work of, 3.1, 7.1
dealmaking and
decision makers in, 2.1, 4.1, 13.1
difficulties of
documentary look in
duality of
element needed in
film schools
greenlighters in
guessing success in
home runs in
importance of casting in, 3.1, 7.1
importance of script in, 3.1, 7.1, 7.2
industry of, see Hollywood
later stages of
the money part in, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 18.1
packaging in
passion needed in
postproduction in, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1
profit motive in, 1.1, 14.1
ripoffs in
selling vs., 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
shooting
sneak previews in, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2
special effects in, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 15.1
studio executives and, see studio executives
tensions of
time leaps in, 5.1, 7.1, 15.1
movies:
action, 7.1, 11.1, 15.1
action required in
action vs. dialogue in
anything workable for
“art,”
commercial
doctoring of, 2.1, 18.1
endings for, 8.1, 13.1
entering late in
every moment important in
fast cutting in
fragility of, 6.1, 7.1
heroism in
Hollywood generic vs. Independent, 14.1, 14.2
ideas for, 14.1, 17.1, 18.1
making vs. selling of, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
mixing genres in
mixing of
numbers of characters in, 8.1, 8.2
openers of, 6.1, 13.1
pitching of, 7.1, 14.1
plot points in
public screenings of
quality of, 10.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1
vs. reality, 12.1, 12.2, 15.1
sequels of
spines for, 6.1, 10.1
stars in, see stars
ten things we’d never know without
trailers of
two kinds of stories in
as unique form
word of mouth and
MTV, and fast cutting
multi-pitching
Murphy, Eddie, 2.1, 8.1
Murray, Bill
My Fair Lady (film)
mythology:
about movie successes
about stars
Nash, Ogden
National Lampoon (film series)
Neal, Patricia
Newman, Paul:
blue eyes of
and Butch Cassidy, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 14.1
and Harper, 16.1
roles in style of
as star, 8.1, 14.1
New York City:
fireman story
invisibility in
writing in
New York Daily News, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2
“New York, New York” (Kander), 14.1, 14.2
New Zealand murder case
Nicholson, Jack, 7.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
‘Night, Mother (Broadway play)
Nixon, Richard M.
“No Man Is an Island” (Donne)
No Mercy (film)
North by Northwest (film)
characters in
Crop-Dusting Scene in, 11.1, 11.2
Lehman and, 11.1, 11.2
Oscars and
Northwestern University
Not Executive Power (screenplay working title)
novelist, as camera
No Way to Treat a Lady (film):
ending of
source material changed in
No Way to Treat a Lady (Goldman), 14.1, 14.2
NYU film school
Oberlin College:
author’s studies in, 4.1, 14.1, 14.2
seminar in, ix
Odd Man Out (film)
Officer, An, and a Gentleman (film)
“Oh Lord, I’m on My Way” (Gershwin)
“Old Guy, The” (Story One)
Olivier, Sir Laurence, 2.1, 3.1, 8.1
O’Neal, Ryan
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (film), 7.1, 7.2
“One Perfect Rose” (Parker)
On the Waterfront (film)
On Wings of Eagles (film)
On Wings of Eagles (Follett)
Orgasm Scene, When Harry Met Sally, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2
original screenplays, 5.1, 6.1, 14.1
author’s projects
pitching of
staying in your genre for
two Hollywoods and
see also Big A, The
Oscars:
adventure films and
ceremonies
comedies and
quality and, 4.1, 11.1
screenplays and
Othello (drama)
O’Toole, Peter
Out
of Sight (film)
Out of Sight (Leonard)
Ovitz, Michael
Pacino, Al, 4.1, 5.1
pain:
Goldman’s talent for dealing with
of screenwriting
Pakula, Alan:
and All the President’s Men, 13.1
obit for
Palance, Jack
Paltrow, Gwyneth, 2.1, 14.1
Paramount Pictures:
and Ghost and the Darkness, 7.1
pitching to
Parent Trap, The (film), 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
Parker, Dorothy
parking scene
passion, importance of
Patinkin, Mandy, 3.1, 3.2
Patterson, John Henry, story of, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Patton (film), 7.1, 14.1
Patton, Gen. George S.
Pavarotti, Luciano
Payton, Walter
Peace Corps survival manual
Peaks, Pandora
Peck, Gregory
Pentagon, Goldman in, 14.1, 18.1
Peoples, David
Perfect World, A (film)
Perot, Ross
Perry, Anne
Persona (film)
Peter’s Friends (film)
Pfeiffer, Michelle, 4.1, 7.1
Phantom Menace, The (film)
Philadelphia Story, The (film)
Picker, David
Pillow Talk (film)
pitching, 7.1, 14.1
goal of
multi-
ten commandments of
your reputation and
Plainclothes (film)
Playing Chess with Death Scene, The Seventh Seal, 12.1
plot points
poetry
as compression
effects of
form of
humorous
Polanski, Roman, 13.1, 13.2
Porgy and Bess (Broadway musical), 14.1, 14.2
Postman, The (film), 5.1, 7.1, 13.1
postproduction, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1
Premiere magazine
Pretty Woman (film), 4.1, 7.1
Princess Bride, The (film)
Andre the Giant in, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
casting for
Crystal and
ending of
mixed genres in, 3.1, 10.1
money for
rehearsals for
Rob Reiner and, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 8.1
screenplay for, 3.1, 13.1
script readings for
shooting of, 3.1, 8.1
sneak previews of, 3.1, 5.1
tone of
trailer for
videocassette of
Princess Bride, The (Goldman), 1.1, 3.1, 5.1
editor for
title of
“Westley lay dead by The Machine” in
writing of
Princeton University, Goldman teaching in, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Prize, The (film)
producers:
and first drafts
meetings with
and movie quality
vs. stars
production, shooting script for
production designers
profit motive
Psycho (film), 11.1, 14.1
public screenings, first
Puzo, Mario
Quatorze Bis, New York bistro