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Applause Theatre & Cinema Books:
Material adapted from the introductions to
The Ghost and the Darkness: The Screenplay
and
Absolute Power: The Book of the Film
by William Goldman; and material adapted from the introductions to
The Princess Bride, Misery,
and
Maverick
by William Goldman from
William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays
and
William Goldman: Five Screenplays with Essays.
Adapted and reprinted by permission of Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.

Faber and Faber Limited:
Excerpts from
Fargo
by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Copyright © 1996 by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Limited.

Henry Holt and Company, LLC:
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” from
The Poetry of Robert Frost,
edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Copyright © 1923, 1969 by Henry Holt and Company, LLC. Copyright renewed 1951 by Robert Frost. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

Alfred A. Knopf, International Creative Management, Inc., and Nora Ephron:
Excerpt from the screenplay
When Harry Met Sally
by Nora Ephron. Copyright © 1990 by Castle Rock Entertainment. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., International Creative Management, Inc., and Nora Ephron.

Ernest Lehman and Turner Entertainment:
Excerpt from the screenplay
North by Northwest
by Ernest Lehman. Directed and shot by Alfred Hitchcock. Reprinted by permission of Ernest Lehman and Turner Entertainment.

Curtis Brown, Ltd. and Andre Deutsch Ltd.:
“Reflections on Ice Breaking” from
Selected Poems of Odgen Nash
. Copyright © 1930 by Odgen Nash, copyright renewed (Originally published in
The New Yorker
). Rights in the United Kingdom from
Candy Is Dandy: The Best of Ogden Nash
administered by Andre Deutsch Ltd., London. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd. and Andre Deutsch Ltd.

The New York Times:
“Autism No Handicap, Boy Defies Swamp” by Rick Bragg (
The New York Times,
August 17, 1996). Copyright © 1996 by The New York Times Co. Reprinted by permission of
The New York Times
.

Seymour V. Reit:
Summary of the plot from
The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa
by Seymour V. Reit. Reprinted by permission of Seymour V. Reit.

San Francisco Chronicle:
“Last of ‘Rub-a-Dub-Dub’ Fugitives” by Bill Wallace (
San Francisco Chronicle,
April 26, 1999). Copyright © 1999 by
San Francisco Chronicle.
Reprinted by permission of
San Francisco Chronicle.

Simon & Schuster and Norstedts Forlag AB:
Excerpt from the screenplay
The Seventh Seal
by Ingmar Bergman from
Four Screenplays of Ingmar Bergman
by Ingmar Bergman. Copyright © 1960 by Simon & Schuster and copyright © 1960 by Ingmar Bergman. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster and Norstedts Forlag AB.

Robert Towne and Paramount Pictures:
Excerpt from the screenplay
Chinatown
by Robert Towne. Reprinted by permission of Robert Towne and Paramount Pictures.

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation:
Excerpts from the screenplay
There’s Something About Mary
by Peter and Bob Farrelly. Copyright © 1998 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

Viking Penguin and Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.:
“One Perfect Rose” from
The Portable Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker. Copyright © 1926, copyright renewed 1954 by Dorothy Parker. Rights in the United Kingdom administered by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London. Reprinted by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., and Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.

Viking Penguin and Hodder and Stoughton Limited:
Excerpt from
Misery
by Stephen King. Copyright © 1987 by Stephen King, Tabitha King, and Arthur B. Greene, Trustee. Rights in the United Kingdom administered by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London. Reprinted by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., and Hodder and Stoughton Limited.

Warner Books Inc. and the Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency:
Excerpt from
Absolute Power
by David Baldacci. Copyright © 1996 by Columbus Rose, Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Warner Books Inc. and the Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency.

MAKING MOVIES
by Sidney Lumet

Why does a director choose a particular script? What must the director do to keep actors fresh and truthful through take after take of a single scene? How do you stage a shootout in the heart of New York City’s diamond district? What does it take to keep the studio honchos happy? From the first rehearsal to the final screening,
Making Movies
provides both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of motion pictures.

Film/0-679-75660-4

BENEATH MULHOLLAND
Thoughts on Hollywood and Its Ghosts
by David Thomson

If most film critics write about movies, David Thomson creates their literary counterpart with essays that are as dazzling, haunting, and moving as the pictures they discuss. In this bravura new collection, the
Esquire
columnist trains his eye on Hollywood’s ghosts, exploring their tendency to rise from the grave or descend from the screen to intimately haunt our lives.

Film/0-679-77291-X

MONSTER
Living Off the Big Screen
by John Gregory Dunne

In 1988 John Gregory Dunne and his wife, Joan Didion, were asked to write a screenplay about the dark and complicated life of the late TV anchorwoman Jessica Savitch. Eight years and twenty-seven drafts later, this script was made into the fairy tale
Up Close and Personal
starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Detailing the meetings, rewrites, fights, firings, and distractions attendant to the making of a single picture, Mossier illuminates the process with sagacity and raucous wit.

Film/0-375-75024-X

THE STUDIO
by John Gregory Dunne

In 1967 John Gregory Dunne asked for unlimited access to the inner workings of Twentieth Century Fox. Miraculously, he got ir. For one year, Dunne went everywhere he could go and talked to everyone within the studio. The result is a work of reportage that, thirty years later, may still be our most minutely observed and therefore most uproariously funny portrait of the motion picture business.

Film/0-375-70008-0

MOVIE-MADE AMERICA
A Cultural History of American Movies
by
Robert Sklar

Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated hook examines film as art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values. Combining panoramic sweep with detailed commentaries on hundreds of individual films,
Movie-Made America
is a must for any motion picture enthusiast.

Film/0-679-75549-7

MOVIES AND MONEY
by David Puttnam

From David Puttnam, former chairman of Columbia Pictures and acclaimed producer of such classic films as
Chariots of Fire
and
The Killing Fields
, comes an insightful and thoroughly entertaining history of that unholy alliance between commerce and art, the movie business. The result is a fascinating historical panorama packed with lively anecdotes and portraits of all the key dealmakers.
Movies and Money
will change our understanding of the history of film and the movie business today.

Film/0-679-76741-X

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William Goldman has been writing books and movies for forty-five years. He has won three Lifetime Achievement awards for screenwriting, two Screenwriter of the Year awards, two Academy Awards (for
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
and
All the President’s Men
), and one English Academy Award. His novels include
Marathon Man,
which has made him very famous in dentists’ offices around the world,
Boys and Girls Together
,
The Temple of Gold
, and
The Princess Bride
. He lives in New York City.

Fiction

The Temple of Gold
(1957)
Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow
(1958)
Soldier in the Rain
(1960)
Boys and Girls Together
(1964)
No Way to Treat a Lady
(1964)
The Thing of It Is … 
(1967)
Father’s Day
(1971)
The Princess Bride
(1973)
Marathon Man
(1974)
Magic
(1976)
Tinsel
(1979)
Control
(1982)
The Silent Gondoliers
(1983)
The Color of Light
(1984)
Heat
(1985)
Brothers
(1986)

Nonfiction

The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway
(1969)
The Making of “A Bridge Too Far”
(1977)
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
(1983)
Wait Till Next Year (With Mike Lupica)
(1988)
Hype and Glory
(1990)
Four Screenplays
(1995)
Five Screenplays
(1997)

Screenplays

Masquerade (with Michael Relph)
(1965)
Harper
(1966)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969)
The Hot Rock
(1972)
The Great Waldo Pepper
(1975)
The Stepford Wives
(1975)
All the President’s Men
(1976)
Marathon Man
(1976)
A Bridge Too Far
(1977)
Magic
(1978)
Mr. Horn
(1979)
Heat
(1987)
The Princess Bride
(1987)
Misery
(1990)
The Year of the Comet
(1992)
Maverick
(1994)
The Chamber
(1996)
The Ghost and the Darkness
(1996)
Absolute Power
(1997)