“Nobody Knows Anything (except William Goldman)”

I don’t often promote crowdfunding campaigns for movies, but this is an exception:

Nobody Knows Anything (except William Goldman) is an upcoming documentary feature about two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter, bestselling novelist, non-fiction author and playwright William Goldman, the man behind unforgettable classics such as Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, All The President’s Men, Marathon Man, Misery and The Princess Bride and Hollywood bible “Adventures In The Screen Trade”. Featuring rare footage of Bill revisiting his personal archives as well as verite, in-depth interviews and animated sequences depicting seminal moments in a groundbreaking career, Nobody Knows Anything tells the story of an “unexceptional” kid from Highland Park who defied expectations, broke all the rules, and became one of the most influential storytellers of our time.

I refer to Goldman as the Dean of Contemporary American Screenwriters. His influence on what we, as screenwriters do today, is stratospheric. His script for Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid ushered in the modern era of spec scripts. His book “Adventures in the Screen Trade” is still perhaps the best single thing anyone interested in screenwriter can read. He has written and rewritten dozens of hit movies. His scripts have influenced countless writers. So if anyone in the screenwriting community deserves a documentary, it’s William Goldman.

To support the Kickstarter campaign for the documentary “Nobody Knows Anything (except William Goldman)”, go here. Check out the writers who have already contributed interviews for the doc including Aaron Sorkin, Matthew Weiner, Callie Khouri, John Patrick Shanley, Scott Frank, and Shane Black.

This is a documentary the screenwriting and wider movie community deserves to see. Consider supporting the project!