Writer 1931 - 2018

William Goldman

Chicago, Illinois, USA

William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 15, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

22 titles

Wild Card

Simon West 2015 1h 32m 6.2

When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play… and it's all or nothing.

Dreamcatcher

Lawrence Kasdan 2003 2h 14m 6.0

Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in, is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.

Hearts in Atlantis

Scott Hicks 2001 1h 41m 6.9

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

The General's Daughter

Simon West 1999 1h 56m 6.2

The daughter of a General in the U.S. army has been murdered, and a conspiracy at West Point holds the answer to the reason for her murder.

Absolute Power

Clint Eastwood 1997 2h 1m 6.9

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller from and starring Clint Eastwood and based on a novel by David Baldacci.

The Ghost and the Darkness

Stephen Hopkins 1996 1h 49m 6.9

Set in 1898, this movie is based on the true story of two lions in Africa that killed 130 people over a nine month period, while a bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter tried to kill them.

The Chamber

James Foley 1996 1h 53m 5.0

Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.

Maverick

Richard Donner 1994 2h 7m 6.2

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

John Carpenter 1992 1h 39m 6.6

After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

Chaplin

Richard Attenborough 1992 2h 25m 7.9

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

Misery

Rob Reiner 1990 1h 47m 8.0

Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.

The Princess Bride

Rob Reiner 1987 1h 39m 7.8

Characters come to life from a classic fairy tale book read by a grandfather to his grandson.

Magic

Richard Attenborough 1978 1h 47m 7.2

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

A Bridge Too Far

Richard Attenborough 1977 2h 55m 6.9

A movie about the failed attempt to capture several bridges in The Netherlands in World War II in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden.

Marathon Man

John Schlesinger 1976 2h 6m 8.0

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division. This film, famous for its excruciating "Is it safe?" torture scene by a Nazi dentist, is a spy classic with an all star cast.