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William Goldman, writer of ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,’ dies at 87

- November 16, 2018
William Goldman, a screenwriter known as All the President's Men, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, died at the age of 87. According to the deadline, Goldman's health was a failure for some time and he was surrounded by friends and family at his home in Manhattan. Goldman began his career as a fiction writer before moving on to the scriptwriter with the script for the film "Masquerade" for the brilliant film "Basil Darden" in 1965.

The "Men of the President", "Butch Cassidy" and "Sundance Kid" are among the greatest achievements of Goldman's writings. The film "Butch Cassidy", featuring the iconic pairing of Robert Redford and Paul Newman, won the Oscars for Best Original Screenplay from Goldman Sachs at the 42nd Academy Awards. Goldman won the "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Two for the Road" texts that year. He won his second Oscar for "All the Men of the President," who won the best-rated Oscar-winning film for "The Damned Journey" and "For Glory."


Among the most popular films in the movie "The Princess Bride", "Marathon Man", "Flowers For Algernon", "Misery", "The Stepford Wives", "A Bridge Too Far", " Chaplin ", which starred Robert Downey. The Son is like the little thorn itself. Goldman was also known for being a text doctor behind the scenes, working with Aaron Sorkin on "A Few Good Men" and my mother, Holden Jones, for an "inappropriate proposal."


As an author, Goldman's work includes his famous memoir "Adventures in Screen Trading," which is often referred to as the scripture's aspiring scripture. He also worked on the texts "Papillon", "The Right Stuff" and "Mission: Impossible 2" that were never used. The most recent films were Goldman Sachs's "Wild Card," based on Goldman's "Hit" and "Dream Cutcher," a adaptation of Lawrence Kasdan's Stephen King novel of the same name. Goldman also wrote the script for the 2018 short film "5 Minutes."
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