Talk:William Goldman

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[edit] real and fictional

It's tempting to add William Goldman to Category:Fictional writers. I was redirected here when looking for an S. Morgenstern article to add to that cat, but it occurs to me that William Goldman, the author, is a fictional character in The Princess Bride. He's just a fictional character who happens to overlap with the real individual for article purposes. Probably not an appropriate cat, because the article is about the real person and not the fictional person, but still.... Deborah-jl _Talk 04:19, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

S. Morgenstern is really more of a psedonym than a fictional character, even though he is used as a plot device in “Bride”. Scott197827 19/2/2006

[edit] Last Action Hero

If I'm not mistaken, Shane Black wrote Last Action Hero. I'm pretty sure Goldman didn't have much to do, if anything, with the movie. If anyone can prove my wrong, by all means do so. --JerryLewisOverdrive 22:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Arnold was unhappy with the original script, and insisted on Goldman being hired to do a rewrite. He got $1 million for a month's work. Goldman discusses the movie in WHICH LIE DID I TELL? and Griffin & Masters discuss the paycheck in their book HIT & RUN. Patabongo 23:10, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Goldman's SHAZAM script

Does anyone have a link or know where I can read Goldman's SHAZAM script? I heard insiders claim it is the greatest superhero script ever written, yet New Line rejected it for not being "funny" enough (i.e. "campy"...so they are going with John August instead). As a Shazamaholic, I would love to read Goldman's script for myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.241.158.225 (talk) 23:30, 13 October 2007 (UTC)