From Out of the Past – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Episode 10 -- The Finale -- of The Year Before Disneyland wraps in July, 1955.  We begin at The Disneyland Hotel and why it NOT opening with The Park was a Blessing.  Then it’s back to TV with the 1st new ‘Disneyland’ The Show Ep since March:  The Park’s “Pre-Opening Report!”  Then it’s Walt & Lillian’s 30th Wedding Anniversary and (we hope) The Mark Twain’s Maiden Voyage.  THEN, in the Week before Park Opening?  Walt goes to The Hollywood Bowl, Disneyland gets a Freeway Offramp & an Address, while ABC preps the Biggest Live Event in TV History.  Not a big enough finish for you?  We’ll also chat what was in Fantasyland Opening Day! Including Steve Martin.  For more info, or sharing YOUR questions & comments, please find us on Instagram @fromoutofthepastpodcast!  Thanks for listening ...

Episode 9 of our Season on The Year Before Disneyland continues with June, 1955 where we begin in Theatres with two Feature Releases and one Short including the Hit Now-Classic ‘Lady And The Tramp’ (including spotlights on a couple favorite Imagineers).  Then 29 Big Things get piled on Disney:  The Unions.  And we round out this week’s chat with (hopefully) filling The Rivers Of America and getting The Disneyland Railroad to run LESS than properly … including a ride around The Park with Walt … and One Special Fan.  For more info, or sharing YOUR questions & comments, please find us on Instagram @fromoutofthepastpodcast!  Thanks for listening …

When Tron The Attraction opened in Walt Disney World in 2023, there were comments such as, “It took FIVE YEARS to build!  Disneyland took ONE!”  And of course there are asterisks to that but it got us thinking about The Year Before Disneyland:  July 1954 to July 1955.  Yes, Disneyland The Park went from breaking ground to opening.  But look at what ELSE happened IN THAT SAME TIME: Disney parted with RKO and began distributing their own Pictures;  The Disneyland Hotel was pitched, sold, built, ALMOST completed;  Disneyland The Show – Disney’s 1st Regular TV Series – Premiered;  20,000 Leagues Under The Sea premiered;  there was the Davy Crockett Phenomenon;  AND Lady And The Tramp premiered.  ALL these on TOP of the regular Theatrical Animated & Live-Action Product. In just that Year. And I knew we had OUR “Once Upon A Time.”

Over this season’s Ten Episodes – Ten Weeks – we’re going to cover that Year Before Disneyland – a Prologue-To and then July 1954 to July 1955 – spotlighting the Key Events, Key People involved (including several Women whose work you sure know even if you don’t yet know their names), and you bet we’ll chat the Stories Beside The Story you know I love to share.

We hope you’ll join us for From Out Of The Past, the Podcast from Holland Imaginarium. Season 2:  The Year Before Disneyland. Premiering May 28th, 2024.

Episode 10 – The Finale – of our Season on the Life & Career of William Goldman rounds out The Story from 2006 to 2018, looking at a lost Non Fiction Book, a Mark Wahlberg-starrer, writing with The Sports Guy Bill Simmons, Goldman’s return to Broadway, his only Biography, losing a Daughter, and the world losing William Goldman.  And when the chronology is through?  We’ll of course talk his Legacy that continues – and likely will for years to come – to entertain, inform, and, yes, inspire. 

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'Shooter'

'The Book Of Basketball'

'Misery' (Play)

⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'The Craft Of The Screenwriter'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman: The Reluctant Storyteller'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'Shangri-La'⁠⁠⁠

'The Moving Target'

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Episode 9 of our Season on the Life & Career of William Goldman pauses the chronology to spotlight his two Writing-On-Writing, On-Hollywood, KINDA-Autobiographies:  1983’s ‘Adventures in the Screen Trade’ and 2000’s ‘Which Lie Did I Tell?’  Where he takes us through his work, others’ work, even presents new work for peers to critique … and you bet we discuss his infamous “Nobody Knows Anything.”  But, then, remember what Orson Welles said about Biographies? 

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'Adventures In The Screen Trade'

'Which Lie Did I Tell?'

⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'The Craft Of The Screenwriter'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman: The Reluctant Storyteller'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'Shangri-La'⁠⁠⁠

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Episode 8 of our Season on the Life & Career of William Goldman gets into ‘Absolute Power’ with Clint Eastwood and our chatting Adaptations in general.  We’ll nod Brother James’ passing, chat Goldman’s last screenplays – ‘The General’s Daughter,’ ‘Hearts In Atlantis,’ and ‘Dreamcatcher’ – and his last books:  ‘The Big Picture’ and ‘Which Lie Did I Tell?’  Then we’ll round-out with his non-Produced ‘Shazam’ Script AND ask, “Where do you leave Jimmy Stewart?”

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'Absolute Power'

'The General's Daughter'

'Mission Impossible II'

'5 Screenplays' (Goldman Script Collection)

'4 Screenplays' (Goldman Script Collection)

'The Big Picture'

'Which Lie Did I Tell?'

'Hearts In Atlantis'

'Dreamcatcher'

'Dreamcatcher: The Shooting Script'

⁠⁠'William Goldman'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'The Craft Of The Screenwriter'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman: The Reluctant Storyteller'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'Shangri-La'⁠⁠⁠

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Episode 7 of our Season on the Life & Career of William Goldman gets into the bulk of his script doctoring work (including a phonecall about 'The Silence Of The Lambs' and his time on a personal favorite: ‘Chaplin’).  And perhaps you’ve heard of his work on ‘Good Will Hunting?’  Then it’s HIS screenplays including – in his words – his Biggest Flop and – in my words – his Biggest Missed Opportunity.  And what did Abraham Lincoln mean with “This Too Shall Pass?”

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'Year Of The Comet'

'Chaplin'

'Last Action Hero'

'Maverick'

'The Chamber'

'The Ghost And The Darkness'

⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'The Craft Of The Screenwriter'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman: The Reluctant Storyteller'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'Shangri-La'⁠⁠⁠

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Episode 6 of our Season on the Life & Career of William Goldman begins our 2nd Half “back in Hollywood” with ‘Memoirs Of An Invisible Man.’  Then it’s (FINALLY some’ll say) the Movie ‘The Princess Bride.’  Then his Love Letter to Sports, ‘Wait Till Next Year,’ and his wistfulling his Divorce AND Cannes AND The Miss America Pageant:  ‘Hype And Glory.’  And we close with what many still consider one of THE best Thrillers:  ‘Misery.'

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⁠'Memoirs Of An Invisible Man'

'The Princess Bride' (Movie)

'As You Wish: The Inconceivable Making Of 'The Princess Bride''

'Twins'

'Wait Till Next Year'

'Hype And Glory'

'Misery'

⁠⁠'William Goldman'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'The Craft Of The Screenwriter'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman: The Reluctant Storyteller'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'Shangri-La'⁠⁠

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Episode 5 of our Season on the Life & Career of William Goldman – we’re halfway through! – gets into what Goldman himself called his Leper Period.  That is, Hollywood stopped calling.  But, while there were NO screenplays (one teleplay), he produced SIX novels ... including his last.  Oh, and in Non Fiction?  We’ve arrived at his legendary, ‘Adventures In The Screen Trade.’  Now, when we say there were no screenplays, that is produced.  So the ones that weren’t?  Wait’ll you hear.

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'Tinsel'

'Control'

'Adventures In The Screen Trade'

'The Silent Gondoliers'

'The Color Of Light'

'Heat' (Book)

'Heat' (Movie)

'Wild Card'

'Brothers'

⁠⁠'William Goldman'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'The Craft Of The Screenwriter'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman: The Reluctant Storyteller'⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠'Shangri-La'⁠⁠

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Episode 4 of our Season on the Life & Career of William Goldman – “It Killed Me To Write That” – gets into some Hard Writing with Goldman continuing Adaptations (Others and His Own, and Adapting One’s Own is ALWAYS Hardest) PLUS he’s embroiled in bringing to screen the famous Woodward-Bernstein Book ‘All ThePresident’s Men.’  If that wasn’t enough, we’ll chat his only Children’s Book, ‘Marathon Man,’ ‘Magic,’ AND ‘A Bridge Too Far.’  PS, all this?  In only Five Years.

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'Marathon Man' (Book)

'Marathon Man' (Movie)

'The Stepford Wives' (Movie)

'The Great Waldo Pepper'

'All The President's Men' (Movie)

'Magic' (Book)

'Magic' (Movie)

'A Bridge Too Far' (Movie)

'Story Of 'A Bridge Too Far''

⁠⁠'William Goldman'⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠'The Craft Of The Screenwriter'⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠'William Goldman: The Reluctant Storyteller'⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠'Shangri-La'⁠⁠

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