In this sequel to 'Adventures In The Screen Trade', top Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman has even more secrets to tell, dishing the dirt from his films. He shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the sets of movies such as 'The Princess Bride', 'Misery', 'Maverick' and 'Absolute Power'.
He fills us in on what it's like to work with Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Clint Eastwood, and many other Hollywood players. He tells us what does and doesn't work on film and why, conducting a virtual writer's clinic on classic movements in great screenplays, among them the crop-dusting scene in 'North By Northwest' and the zipper scene in 'There's Something About Mary'. Finally, Goldman brings together some of today's top screenwriters to analyse and doctor a screenplay he created specifically for this book.
