Goldman, William 1931- (Harry Longbaugh, S. Morgenstern)

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Goldman, William 1931- (Harry Longbaugh, S. Morgenstern)

PERSONAL

Born August 12, 1931, in Chicago (some sources say Highland Park), IL; son of Maurice Clarence (in business) and Marion (maiden name, Weil) Goldman; brother of James Goldman (a writer); married Ilene Jones, April 15, 1961 (divorced, 1991); children: Jenny Rebecca, Susana. Education: Oberlin College, B.A., English, 1952; Columbia University, M.A., English, 1956. Avocational Interests: Baseball, basketball, swimming, tennis, mysteries.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Writer. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, teacher of creative writing, 1965-66; Cannes Film Festival, member of jury, 1988; Miss America Pageant, judge, 1988. Military service: U.S. Army, 1952-54; became corporal.

Awards, Honors:

Screen Award, best written American drama, Writers Guild of America and Edgar Allan Poe Award, best motion picture, Mystery Writers of America, both 1967, for Harper; Academy Award, best writing, story and screenplay based on material not previously published or produced, Screen Award, best drama written directly for the screen, Writers Guild of America, Golden Globe Award nomination, best screenplay, 1970, and Film Award, best screenplay, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1971, all for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination, best motion picture, 1973, for The Hot Rock; Golden Globe Award nomination, best screenplay—motion picture, Screen Award nomination, best drama adapted from another medium, Writers Guild of America, and Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination, best motion picture, all 1977, for Marathon Man; Academy Award, best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium, Golden Globe Award nomination, best screenplay—motion picture, Film Award nomination, best screenplay, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and Screen Award nomination, best drama adapted from another medium, Writers Guild of America, all 1977, for All the President's Men; named writer of the year, National Association of Theatre Owners, 1977 and 1987; Edgar Allan Poe Award, best motion picture, 1979, for Magic; Laurel Award, Writers Guild of America, 1985, for lifetime achievement in screenwriting; Screen Award nomination, best screenplay based on material from another medium, Writers Guild of America, 1988, for The Princess Bride; Lifetime Achievement Award, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, 2000; Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination, best screenplay—adaptation, 2002, for Hearts in Atlantis.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Assistance, The War of the Roses, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989.

Creative consultant (Washington, DC, unit), A Few Good Men, 1992.

Consultant, Malice, Sony, 1993.

Consultant, Dolores Claiborne, Sony, 1995.

Consultant, Extreme Measures, Sony, 1996.

Film Appearances:

Himself, The Making of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (documentary short), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1970.

Himself, Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows, Warner Bros. Home Video, 2000.

Himself, As You Wish: The Story of "The Princess Bride" (documentary short), 2001.

Himself, Going the Distance: Remembering "Marathon Man" (documentary short), Paramount, 2001.

Himself, Misery Loves Company (documentary short), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2002.

Himself, On Location with "Gunga Din" (documentary short), Warner Home Video, 2004.

Himself, Screenwriting for Dummies (documentary short), Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2006.

Himself, All That Follows Is True: The Making of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (documentary short), Fox Home Video, 2006.

Himself, Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" (documentary short), Warner Home Video, 2006.

Himself, Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (documentary short), Warner Home Video, 2006.

Himself, Miracles and Mystery: Creating "The Green Mile" (documentary), Warner Home Video, 2006.

Himself, ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 49th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1977.

Word into Image: Writers on Writing, PBS, 1994.

NBA at 50, TNT, 1996.

AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies, 1998.

Norman Jewison on Comedy in the 20th Century: Funny Is Money, Showtime, 1999.

"Fame," The Human Face, The Learning Channel, 2001.

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws of Time" and "A Bridge Too Far," History vs. Hollywood, History Channel, 2001.

AFI's 100 Years, 100 "Movie Quotes": The Greatest Lines from American Film, CBS, 2005.

The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat, NBC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Arts Review 1990," The South Bank Show, 1990.

"Paul Newman: Hollywood's Charming Rebel," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995.

"Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

"Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows," American Masters, PBS, 2000.

"The Western," Film Genre (also known as Hollywood History), 2002.

"Miss America," The American Experience, PBS, 2002.

"Dreamcatcher: Unraveling the Nightmare," HBO First Look, HBO, 2003.

WRITINGS

Plays:

(With James Goldman) Blood, Sweat, and Stanley Poole, produced at Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1961, published by Dramatists Play Service (New York City), 1962.

(With James Goldman and John Kander; and lyricist) A Family Affair (musical), produced at Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1962.

Screenplays:

(With Michael Relph) Masquerade (also known as Operation Masquerade and A Shabby Tiger), United Artists, 1965.

Harper (also known as The Moving Target; based on a Ross MacDonald novel), Warner Bros., 1966.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969, published by Corgi, 1969, published by Bantam (New York City), 1971.

The Hot Rock (also known as How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons and How to Steal a Diamond), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.

(Lyricist) When the Legends Die (based on the novel by Hal Borland), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.

(With Bryan Forbes) The Stepford Wives (based on the novella by Ira Levin), Columbia, 1974.

The Great Waldo Pepper, Universal, 1975, published by Dell (New York City), 1975.

All the President's Men (based on the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein), Warner Bros., 1976.

Marathon Man (based on Goldman's novel), Paramount, 1976.

A Bridge Too Far (based on the novel by Cornelius Ryan), United Artists, 1977.

Magic (based on Goldman's novel), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978.

Heat (based on Goldman's novel), New Century-Vista, 1987.

The Princess Bride (also known as The Bridges' Bride; based on Goldman's The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, the "Good Parts Version," Abridged by William Goldman), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Misery (based on the novel by Stephen King), Columbia, 1990.

(With Bryan Forbes and William Boyd) Chaplin (also known as Charlon and Charlot), TriStar, 1992.

(With Robert Collector and Dana Olson) Memoirs of an Invisible Man (also known as Les aventures d n homme invisible; based on the novel by H. F. Saint), Warner Bros., 1992.

Year of the Comet, Columbia, 1992.

Maverick (based on the television series created by Roy Huggins), Warner Bros., 1994, published by New American Library (New York City), 1994.

The Chamber (based on the novel by John Grisham), Universal, 1996.

The Ghost and the Darkness, Paramount, 1996, published as The Ghost and the Darkness: The Book of the Film, Applause Books, 1996.

Absolute Power (based on the novel by David Baldacci), Columbia, 1997, published as Absolute Power: The Screenplay, Applause Books, 1997.

(Uncredited) Fierce Creatures, 1997.

(With others) The General's Daughter (also known as Wehrlos—Die tochter des generals; based on the novel by Nelson DeMille), Paramount, 1999.

Hearts in Atlantis (based on the novel by Stephen King), Warner Bros., 2001.

Dreamcatcher (also known as L'attrapeur de reves), Warner Bros., 2003.

The Monkey Wrench Gang, Columbia, 2008.

Also wrote a script based on In the Spring the War Ended, a novel by Stephen Linakis.

Collected Screenplays:

William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays (contains Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, Misery, and The Princess Bride), Applause Books, 1995.

William Goldman: Five Screenplays (contains All the President's Men, The Great Waldo Pepper, Harper, Magic, and Maverick), Applause Books, 1996.

Television Miniseries:

Mr. Horn, CBS, 1979.

Novels:

The Temple of Gold, Knopf (New York City), 1957.

Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow, Doubleday (New York City), 1958.

Soldier in the Rain, Atheneum (New York City), 1960.

Boys and Girls Together, Atheneum, 1964.

The Thing of It Is …, Harcourt (New York City), 1964.

(As Harry Longbaugh) No Way to Treat a Lady, Gold Medal (New York City), 1964, then (as William Goldman) Harcourt, 1967.

Father's Day, Harcourt, 1970.

(As S. Morgenstern) The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, the "Good Parts Version," Abridged by William Goldman, Harcourt, 1973.

Marathon Man, Delacorte (New York City), 1974.

Wigger (juvenile), Harcourt, 1974.

Magic, Delacorte, 1976.

Tinsel, Delacorte, 1979.

Control, Delacorte, 1982.

(As S. Morgenstern) The Silent Gondoliers, Del Ray (New York City), 1983.

The Color of Light, Warner Books (New York City), 1984.

Heat, Warner Books, 1985.

Brothers, Warner Books, 1987.

Work represented in anthologies, including New World Writing 17, Lippincott (Philadelphia, PA), 1960; and Stories from the Transatlantic Review, edited by Joseph F. McCrindle, Holt (New York City), 1970. Contributor of short stories to periodicals, including Esquire, New York, Rogue, and the Transatlantic Review.

Nonfiction:

The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway, Harcourt, 1969, revised edition, Limelight Editions, 1984.

William Goldman: Story of A Bridge Too Far, Dell, 1977.

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting, Warner Books, 1983.

(With Mike Lupica) Wait Till Next Year: The Story of a Season When What Should've Happened Didn't and What Could've Gone Wrong Did!, Bantam, 1988.

Hype and Glory, Villard Books (New York City), 1990.

The Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood? and Other Essays, Applause Books, 2000.

Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures in the Screen Trade, Pantheon, 2000.

Contributor to books, including The Movie Business Book, edited by Jason E. Squire, Simon & Schuster (New York City), 1992; and Rainbow: A Star-Studded Tribute to Judy Garland, edited by Ethlie Ann Vare, Boulevard Books (New York City), 1998. Author of the foreword for the book The First Time I Got Paid for It—Writers Tales from the Hollywood Trenches, edited by Peter Lefcourt and Laura Shapiro, PublicAffairs (New York City), 2000. Also a contributor of articles to numerous periodicals.

ADAPTATIONS

Soldier in the Rain, released by Allied Artists in 1963, is based on Goldman's novel of the same name. Another of Goldman's novels, No Way to Treat a Lady, was adapted as a film and released by Paramount in 1968. Douglas J. Cohen wrote the book, music, and lyrics for a musical version of No Way to Treat a Lady produced in 1987 at the Hudson Guild Theatre in New York City.