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William Goldman

Highest Rated: 96% The Princess Bride (1987)

Lowest Rated: 0% Year of the Comet (1992)

Birthday: Aug 12, 1931

Birthplace: Highland Park, Illinois, USA

One of the most celebrated writers to make a name for himself in both literature and film, William Goldman was born in Highland Park, Illinois in 1931. He would enroll at Oberlin College, where a creative writing class awakened his desire to become an author, and soon began submitting short stories for publication. Shortly after obtaining an MFA from Columbia University in 1956, Goldman published his first novel, the coming of age tale The Golden Temple. Soon he was off and running, publishing books like Soldier in the Rain and Boys and Girls Together. In 1965, Goldman was tapped to rewrite the script for the film "Masquerade" (1965), and soon, screenwriting became an integral component of his career. After his screenplay for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) became a huge success, Goldman published the highly unusual and highly praised fantasy novel The Princess Bride in 1973. He would go on to publish the thriller Marathon Man, adapting it into a hit film in 1976 before penning another lauded script, adapting Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's All the President's Men into a landmark feature film. Goldman's 1983 memoir Adventures in the Screen Trade would become a de facto guidebook for young writers in the industry, and his reputation only became stronger when he adapted The Princess Bride into a blockbuster hit in 1987. Goldman would concentrate on screenwriting for the following decades, notably adapting a number of Stephen King novels for the screen including Misery and Dreamcatcher. William Goldman died in November 2018. He was 87 years old.

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Highest-Rated Movies

96% 94% The Princess Bride Watchlist
95% 73% Harper
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94% 92% All the President's Men
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91% 90% Misery
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89% 92% Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Watchlist
87% 65% Magic
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82% 68% The Hot Rock
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82% 81% Marathon Man
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68% 71% Maverick
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67% 65% The Stepford Wives
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Filmography

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Wild Card 30% 29% 2015 Screenwriter Dreamcatcher 28% 35% 2003 Screenwriter Hearts in Atlantis 49% 64% 2001 Screenwriter The General's Daughter 21% 46% 1999 Writer The Chamber 13% 39% 1996 Screenwriter The Ghost and the Darkness 51% 75% 1996 Writer Maverick 68% 71% 1994 Screenwriter Memoirs of an Invisible Man 28% 33% 1992 Screenwriter Chaplin 62% 81% 1992 Screenwriter Year of the Comet 0% 51% 1992 Screenwriter Misery 91% 90% 1990 Screenwriter Heat 38% 27% 1987 Screenwriter The Princess Bride 96% 94% 1987 Writer Magic 87% 65% 1978 Screenwriter A Bridge Too Far 59% 85% 1977 Screenwriter Marathon Man 82% 81% 1976 Writer All the President's Men 94% 92% 1976 Writer The Stepford Wives 67% 65% 1975 Screenwriter The Hot Rock 82% 68% 1972 Writer Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 89% 92% 1969 Writer Harper 95% 73% 1966 Writer Masquerade 40% 25% 1965 Writer
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