![]() ![]() James Goldman wrote the screenplay for “ The Lion in Winter,” which won him an Oscar. Kander was half of ‘Kander and Ebb,’ the teams that wrote songs for “ Cabaret,” “ Chicago,” and more. ![]() Interesting trivia: All three young men who lived in that apartment would go on to major fame. He moved to New York after graduation and lived with his brother James and their mutual friend John Kander. His interest in writing started with short stories he wrote while in school at Oberlin and Columbia, and his memoir reveals a desire to be a novelist more than a screenwriter. William Goldman was a Chicagoan, born in the suburb of Highland Park in 1931. He also excelled at adaptation, distilling books like Misery and The Stepford Wives to their cinematic essence. Goldman had a gift with structure, knowing exactly how much to give the audience at any given point in a screenplay and how much to withhold. For those two scripts alone, Goldman would have a star on the Screenwriter’s Walk of Fame, but he also penned a little movie called “ The Princess Bride,” and few other modern classics. ![]()
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