Editing William Goldman (section)

==Works==
{{Category see also|Works by William Goldman}}

===Theatre===

====Produced====
* ''Tenderloin'' (1960), uncredited doctoring work<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ilson |first=Carol |url=https://archive.org/details/haroldprincedire00ilso |title=Harold Prince: a director's journey |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=2000 |isbn=9780879102968 |page=[https://archive.org/details/haroldprincedire00ilso/page/56 56] |url-access=registration}}</ref>
* ''[[Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole]]'' (1961), with [[James Goldman]]
* ''[[A Family Affair (musical)|A Family Affair]]'' (1962), lyrics; book was by [[James Goldman]], music by [[John Kander]]
* ''[[Misery (play)|Misery]]'' (2012), adapted from the novel ''[[Misery (novel)|Misery]]''

====Unproduced====
* ''Madonna and Child'' – with James Goldman
* ''Now I Am Six''
* ''Something Blue'' – musical
* musical of ''Boys and Girls Together'' (aka ''Magic Town'')
* ''Nagurski'' – musical
* ''The Man Who Owned Chicago'' – musical with James Goldman and [[John Kander]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCwhAQAAIAAJ&q=%22william+goldman%22+%22the+man+who+owned+chicago%22&pg=RA1-PA18 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series |year=1964 |page=18}}</ref>
* musical of ''The Princess Bride'' – with [[Adam Guettel]] (abandoned after royalty disputes)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=February 16, 2007 |title=Goldman and Guettel Part Ways on Princess Bride Musical |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/goldman-and-guettel-part-ways-on-princess-bride-musical-com-138615 |access-date=July 23, 2017 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

===Screenplays===

====Produced====
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! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
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| 1965
| ''[[Masquerade (1965 film)|Masquerade]]'' 
| [[Basil Dearden]]
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Harper (film)|Harper]]''
| [[Jack Smight]]
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|-
| 1969
| ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''
| [[George Roy Hill]]
| Also producer (Uncredited);<br>[[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]]<br>[[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay]]<br>Nominated- [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay]]
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The Hot Rock (film)|The Hot Rock]]''
| [[Peter Yates]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1975
| ''[[The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|The Stepford Wives]]''
| [[Bryan Forbes]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Great Waldo Pepper]]''
| George Roy Hill
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1976
| ''[[Marathon Man (film)|Marathon Man]]''
| [[John Schlesinger]]
| Based on his novel;<br>Nominated- [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay]]
|-
| ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''
| [[Alan J. Pakula]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]<br>Nominated- [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay]]<br>Nominated- [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay]]
|-
| 1977
| ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]''
|rowspan=2| [[Richard Attenborough]]
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Magic (1978 film)|Magic]]''
|rowspan=3| Based on his novel
|-
| 1986 
| ''[[Heat (1986 film)|Heat]]''
| [[Dick Richards]]<br>[[Jerry Jameson]]
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Rob Reiner]]
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Misery (film)|Misery]]'' 
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 1992
| ''[[Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film)|Memoirs of an Invisible Man]]'' 
| [[John Carpenter]]
|
|-
| ''[[Year of the Comet]]''
| Peter Yates
|
|-
| ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]''
| Richard Attenborough
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]'' 
| [[Richard Donner]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1996
| ''[[The Chamber (1996 film)|The Chamber]]''
| [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]''
| [[Stephen Hopkins (director)|Stephen Hopkins]]
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Absolute Power (film)|Absolute Power]]'' 
| [[Clint Eastwood]]
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The General's Daughter (film)|The General's Daughter]]'' 
| [[Simon West]]
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Hearts in Atlantis (film)|Hearts in Atlantis]]''
| [[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]]
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Dreamcatcher (2003 film)|Dreamcatcher]]''
| [[Lawrence Kasdan]]
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Wild Card (2015 film)|Wild Card]]''
| Simon West
| Based on his novel
|}

'''Consultant'''
* ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Dolores Claiborne (film)|Dolores Claiborne]]'' (1995) 
* ''[[Extreme Measures]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' (1997)

'''Uncredited'''
* ''[[Twins (1988 film)|Twins]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Indecent Proposal]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Fierce Creatures]]'' (1997)

====Unproduced====
'''Source:'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Series IV: Manuscripts William Goldman papers |url=http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_5018084/dsc/4 |publisher=Columbia University}}</ref>
* ''Flowers for Algernon: Good Old Charley Gordon'' (1964) – an adaptation of the story ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]'' done for actor [[Cliff Robertson]] – Robertson was unhappy with the version and hired [[Stirling Silliphant]] to write what became ''[[Charly (1968 film)|Charly]]'' (1968)
* ''The Chill'' (1967) – adaptation of the 1964 Lew Archer novel by [[Ross Macdonald]]
* ''In the Spring the War Ended'' (1968) – from the novel by Steven Linakis about American deserters in Europe at the end of World War Two. Lawrence Turman was producer and [[Martin Ritt]] attached as director but the studio, 20th Century Fox, decided not to make it because they wanted Pentagon co-operation for ''Patton'' (1970).{{Sfn | Goldman | 2000 | pp = 238–239}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Betty |date=July 11, 1966 |title=Robson Gets 'Escape Route' |page=c17 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
* ''[[The Thing of It Is...]]'' aka ''That's Life'' (1968) – adapted from his novel
* ''Piano Man'' – adaptation of his novel ''Father's Day''
* ''[[Papillon (book)|Papillon]]'' – adaptation of the novel which was not used
*''Grand Hotel'' (late 1970s/early 1980s) – musical remake of the 1932 MGM film, with [[Norman Jewison]] to direct{{Sfn | Goldman | 1983 | pp = 262–273}}
* ''The Sea Kings'' (late 1970s) – a pirate movie about the relationship between [[Stede Bonnet]] and [[Blackbeard]], the first of a three-picture deal with [[Joseph E. Levine]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldman |first=William |title=Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures in the Screen Trade (Excerpt) |date=June 22, 2023 |url=http://www2.nytimes.com/books/first/g/goldman-lie.html}}</ref> – Goldman says he wrote the part of Blackbeard for [[Sean Connery]] and at one stage [[Richard Lester]] was attached as director<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 11, 1979 |title=Just mean to the girls |page=11 |work=The Guardian |location=London, UK}}</ref> – Goldman says Connery and Roger Moore were considered stars, then later Roger and Dudley Moore – however the film was too expensive to make{{Sfn | Goldman | 2000 | pp = 6–7}}
* ''The Ski Bum'' aka ''Hot Shot'' (1981) – based on the article "The Ski Bum as an Endangered Species" by Jean Vallely – Goldman says this was never made due to tension between the producer and the studio{{Sfn | Goldman | 2000 | p = 8}}
* ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]'' – adaptation of the [[Tom Wolfe]] book that was not used
* ''Rescue!'' (1980–81) – story of the rescue of employees of [[Ross Perot]] by [[Arthur D. Simons]] during the [[Iranian revolution]] – Goldman says this foundered when [[Clint Eastwood]], the only suitable star to play Bull Simons, elected to make ''[[Firefox (film)|Firefox]]''
* ''Flora Quick, Dead or Alive''
* ''The National Pastime''
* ''Singing Out Loud'' – unproduced musical worked on with [[Rob Reiner]] and [[Stephen Sondheim]]
* ''[[Low Fives]]'' (1992) – comedy about an African who plays for a basketball team in a small college, commissioned by [[Danny DeVito]] and intended to star [[John Cleese]] and DeVito{{Sfn | Goldman | 2000 | pp = 267–268}}
* ''Shazam!'' (c 2003) – adaptation of [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]] comic book<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stax |date=March 24, 2003 |title=Goldman on Shazam! |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/03/24/goldman-on-shazam |access-date=July 23, 2017 |publisher=ign.com}}</ref>
* ''[[Shooter (2007 film)|The Shooter]]'' – an adaptation of the [[Steven Hunter]] novel ''[[Point of Impact (Stephen Hunter novel)|Point of Impact]]'' that was to have been directed by [[Lee Tamahori]]
* ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'' – script that was not used

===Television===
* ''[[Mr. Horn]]'' (1979)
* ''[[City in Fear]]'' (1980) – contributed to idea

===Novels===
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''The Thing of It Is'' series:
# ''[[The Thing of It Is...]]'' (1967)
# ''[[Father's Day (novel)|Father's Day]]'' (1971)

''Babe Levy'' series:
# ''[[Marathon Man (novel)|Marathon Man]]'' (1974)
# ''[[Brothers (Goldman novel)|Brothers]]'' (1986)

Stand-alones:
* ''[[The Temple of Gold]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Soldier in the Rain#Source Novel|Soldier in the Rain]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Boys and Girls Together]]'' (1964)
* ''[[No Way to Treat a Lady (novel)|No Way to Treat a Lady]]'' (1964)
* ''[[The Princess Bride (novel)|The Princess Bride]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Magic (novel)|Magic]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Tinsel (novel)|Tinsel]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Control (novel)|Control]]'' (1982)
* ''[[The Silent Gondoliers]]'' (1983)
* ''[[The Color of Light]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Heat (Goldman novel)|Heat]]'', published in the United Kingdom as ''Edged Weapons'' (1985)
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===Children's books===
* ''Wigger'' (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974)
*: Separated from her blanket, Wigger, an orphan, nearly dies of loneliness until an extraordinary wind from Zurich brings them together again.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Wigger |publisher=[[WorldCat]] |oclc=858836}}</ref>

===Short stories===
* "The Ice Cream Eat", ''Transatlantic Review'' Winter 1959
* "Da Vinci", ''New World Writing'' no. 17, 1960
* "Till the Right Girls Come Along", ''Transatlantic Review'', Winter 1961
* "Something Blue", ''[[Rogue (magazine)|Rogue]]'', April 1963, pp.&nbsp;13–83
* "The Simple Pleasures of the Rich", ''Transatlantic Review'' Autumn-Winter 1974

===Non-fiction===
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* {{Cite news |date=June 1, 1969 |title=The Good-Bye Look |page=1 |work=The New York Times Book Review}}, article
* ''[[The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway]]'' (1969), guide
* ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)#Promotion|The Story of 'A Bridge Too Far']]'' (1977), guide
* ''Adventures in the Screen Trade'' series: (guides)
*# ''[[Adventures in the Screen Trade]]: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting'' (1983)
*# ''[[Which Lie Did I Tell?]]: More Adventures in the Screen Trade'' (2000)
* ''[[Wait Till Next Year]]'' (1988), with [[Mike Lupica]], memoir
* ''[[Hype and Glory]]'' (1990), memoir
* ''Four Screenplays'' (1995), screenplays of ''Marathon Man'', ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'', ''The Princess Bride'', and ''Misery'', with an essay on each
* ''Five Screenplays'' (1997), screenplays of ''All the President's Men'', ''Magic'', ''Harper'', ''Maverick'', and ''The Great Waldo Pepper'', with an essay on each
* ''[[The Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood? and Other Essays]]'' (2001), essays
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