Adventures in the Screen Trade

By: William Goldman

Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel

Now available as an audiobook for the first time!

No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's inner sanctums...on and behind the scenes for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, and other films...into the plush offices of Hollywood producers...into the working lives of acting greats such as Redford, Olivier, Newman, and Hoffman...and into his own professional experiences and creative thought processes in the crafting of screenplays. You get a firsthand look at why and how films get made and what elements make a good screenplay. Says columnist Liz Smith, "You'll be fascinated.

Critic reviews

"[This] is that big, sad, funny, incisive, revelatory, gossipy, perception-forming book about Hollywood that publishers have been promoting for years -- and now the real thing is finally here."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A deliciously honest book...Goldman deserves a special Read of the Year award."—The Plain Dealer (Cleavland)

If you like good stories

This book is an excellent intro to how the movie business works. Or…worked in the late 1970s. It’s extremely good. You should listen. It will make you want to learn more about paul Newman and Robert Redford

Excellent book that’s still relevant.

Love this book. The writing is excellent and conversational, the stories are still just like it is today (despite being 40+ years old), and the narration is perfect.

Laugh out loud hilarious and interesting

Amazing performance of a great book by a screenwriter with a strong sense of humor and a lot of interesting experiences in the movie industry.

Matzo ball soup for the screenwriter’s soul.

Brilliant insights from a nuts and bolts writer. Old but still feels relevant. And it’s amazing to see how his predictions have played out.

knowledgeable

The opening music theatrical sound. the core of the book great advice and knowledge of the business. The changes of business changes are eye opening.