![]() It sold for the then-record sum of $400,000 (some $3 million in 2018 dollars) and won Goldman an Oscar in 1970 for best original screenplay. That beginner's stab at screenwriting was none other than Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Then he wrote his first-ever original screenplay. He helped on the script for Masquerade (1965) and adapted Harper (1966). Then, in 1965, Goldman started to shift into movie territory. ![]() ![]() the romantic comedy fantasy adventure The Princess Bride (1987). A series of well-received and sometimes bestselling novels followed. Rob Reiner (director), William Goldman (based on the work of), Mark Knopfler (composer). He launched a successful literary career immediately after graduating from Columbia with his first novel, The Temple of Gold. He was born in Chicago, went to Oberlin College in Ohio, served briefly in the military and got a master's in English from Columbia University in New York. His legend was cemented in Hollywood, but Goldman himself was an avowed New Yorker. Goldman's son-in-law, Mike Pavol, tells NPR that Goldman died Friday morning in New York City. Novelist and screenwriter William Goldman, who wrote the beloved cult classic The Princess Bride and won Oscars for writing All the President's Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, has died at 87. Chapter 1 - The Bride audiobook princessbride The Princess Bride chapter 1 to 5 The Bookish Traveler 1.22K subscribers Subscribe 299 Share 36K views 2 years ago Continuing only the good. ![]() ![]() Novelist and screenwriter William Goldman has died at the age of 87. ![]()
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