Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
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RudyHuxtable said:
Humor, my cheese eating friend. It's only the one novel, which is also the script. Goldman is one of the only writers able to get away with serving up a script in novel form and actually have it considered.
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The novel actually came quite a few years (18 or so, I think) before it was finally made into a movie, and was not merely written as a screenplay.
In the DVD extras, there is an interview with William Goldman where he tells the story about his efforts to get the book made into a movie. Fortunately, the movie ended up following the book fairly closely, to its (and our) benefit. The book is definitely worth reading in its own right.
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