William Goldman: the wit and wisdom ('Follow the money') of a legendary Chicago-born screenwriter
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Nov 16, 2018
3 minutes
In his adventures in the screen trade, which inspired his zingy 1983 Hollywood memoir of the same name, Chicago-born, Highland Park-raised William Goldman won two screenwriting Academy Awards and the hearts of millions who liked the way his wiseacres talked.
Goldman was the Ben Hecht of the New Hollywood era, a wag with highly commercial Old Hollywood instincts. Goldman's favorite movie growing up was, in fact, "Gunga Din" (1939), for which Hecht and fellow "Front Page" author Charles MacArthur wrote the rollicking story that had little to do
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