92 reviews for:

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting

William Goldman

4.11 AVERAGE

douchegordijn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

marcel's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 2%

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i'll be honest i did not even try to finish this book once i saw it was 500+ pages. sorry william

princesssbuttercup's review against another edition

4.0

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4 stars for educational non-fiction. Not in general.

sidjtu's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 24%

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Interesting but too much of it's time to keep my attention

nate868686's review against another edition

5.0

challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

michaeljwarkel's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

alanthomp's review against another edition

4.0

funny informative inspiring relaxing medium-paced

elifre's review against another edition

3.0

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This was an incredibly charming read, and one that I found to be quite entertaining. Even though the references are dated, something tells me Hollywood hasn't changed much. It's just a super likable book, even more so if you're interested in screenwriting/the movie biz.

iceberg0's review against another edition

4.0

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Fascinating look at writing for Hollywood in the 80's.

lucia_bell's review against another edition

3.0

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Pretty weird to read this in 2020 what with the depressing state of the movie industry right now. Goldman is, kind of an asshole? I enjoyed the second half of the book more, but it was extremely annoying to go through 50 pages of him talking down about movies like Blade Runner and Jaws and movies that are """"superhero movies""""".

I'm tired of white men in film not letting people enjoy things!!! And that goes for you too, Goldman!!!