This book includes an interesting introduction on how this film starring Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer - based on the terrifying true story of the man-eating lions of Tsavo - came to be; the complete screenplay by William Goldman; and fabulous photos from the film throughout.
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William Goldman has been writing books and movies for more than forty years. He has won two Academy Awards (for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men), and three Lifetime Achievement Awards in screenwriting.
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interesting if you like screenplays,
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I read this screenplay because I wanted to learn about what such a document would even look like for an action movie that contains relatively little dialogue. If you haven't already seen the movie, or are not accustomed to reading screenplays, it may be hard to follow the action because the descriptions involve a few adjectives with changes in camera angles. The screenplay tells the true story of 2 lions who terrorized a bridge building project and killed hundreds of men. The actors and directors bring a lot to the table so you have to a big imagination if you expect to feel anywhere near the range of emotion you'd feel while watching the movie, especially since much of the effect of this movie has to do with the largeness and awe inspired by actually seeing the African landscape, though the book does include a few black and white screenshots. As a screenwriter Goldman is a master- it's amazing to me that the same guy wrote both Heat and the Princess Bride.
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well-crafted tale,
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William Goldman is one of the top screenwriters of our times and in "The Ghost and the Darkness" he is at his best. Not a word or a scene wasted. Packed with action.
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