Backstory 4 - Interviews With Screenwriters of The 1970s and 1980s

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(10) The New Traditionalist 11(26) Robert Benton Christian Keathley Manic Energy 37(46) Larry Cohen Patrick McGilligan Jumping Around 83(19) Blake Edwards Bill Krohn Last Man Standing 102(29) Walter Hill Patrick McGilligan Out of India 131(29) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Vincent LoBrutto A Humanist in Hollywood 160(35) Lawrence Kasdan Graham Fuller The Hot Kid 195(27) Elmore Leonard Patrick McGilligan A Map of the Heart 222(40) Paul Mazursky Nat Segaloff Late Bloomer 262(12) Nancy Meyers Fred Topel The Good Fights 274(43) John Milius Nat Segaloff Renaissance Man 317(27) Frederic Raphael John Baxter Pursuit and Destination 344(23) Alvin Sargent Patrick McGilligan The Worst Happens 367(22) Donald E. Westlake Patrick McGilligan Bibliographic Notes 389(8) About the Contributors 397(2) General Index 399(16) Index of Films, Plays, and Books 415