Editing William Goldman (section)

===Joseph E. Levine===
[[File:William Goldman and James Caan 1976.jpg|thumb|Goldman (left) and [[James Caan]] while shooting ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' in 1976]]

Goldman had a happier experience when hired by [[Joseph E. Levine]] to write ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' (1977) based on the book by [[Cornelius Ryan]]. Goldman later wrote a promotional book, ''Story of A Bridge Too Far'' (1977), as a favor to Levine, and signed a three-film contract with the producer worth $1.5&nbsp;million.<ref name="books" />

He wrote a novel about Hollywood, ''[[Tinsel (novel)|Tinsel]]'' (1979), which sold well. He wrote two more films for Levine, ''The Sea Kings'' and ''Year of the Comet'', but did not write a third. He did a script about [[Tom Horn]]; ''[[Mr. Horn]]'' (1979), was filmed for TV.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2009 |title=Sea kings |url=http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2009/11/sea-kings.html |website=Script shadow}}</ref>

Goldman was the original screenwriter for the film version of [[Tom Wolfe]]'s novel ''[[The Right Stuff (book)|The Right Stuff]]''; director [[Philip Kaufman]] wrote his own screenplay without using Goldman's material, because Kaufman wanted to include [[Chuck Yeager]] as a character; Goldman did not.<ref name=ign />

He wrote a number of other screenplays around this time, including ''The Ski Bum''; a musical adaptation of ''[[Grand Hotel (1932 film)|Grand Hotel]]'' (1932) that was going to be directed by [[Norman Jewison]]; and ''Rescue'', the story of the rescue of [[Electronic Data Systems]] employees during the [[Iranian Revolution]]. None were made into films.