Kind of interesting but ultimately a non-story where if everyone had kept there mouths shut nothing would have changed. We heard aliens were attacking from Mars, but it turns out they weren't. Read all about it.

Also, no one has ever thought of ATPM as Goldman's crowning glory. Not even arguably.

regards,
mood

agree it's not his crowning achievement but given the story he himself told of redford calling a meeting to announce the real bernstein had written his own draft of the script (in which he was a ladies man intrepid james bond-type reporter), it's not shocking to hear redford trying to claim credit 35 years later

I referenced the ATPM story for several reasons, the most significant being the one I noted in my comments: The tendency of later writers, including directors and actors, to assert they "rewrote the entire script" which may be true -- technically -- but often is untrue in substance. And while this may seem an insignificant issue to you now, if you're ever in a WGA credit dispute, it will be hugely important to you, so it pays to learn about the process.

The WGA is well known for putting the arbitrary in arbitration. Their decisions are due to numerous factors, many of them unreasonable or just plain wrong. And sometimes they get it right. But this particular story is more to do with a calculated effort to publicise a book release (I wonder where the original press release for this story originated, hmmm...).

I appreciate the point you're making, but a superstar celeb spat about a matter that was resolved half a century ago isn't going to reveal anything other than confirming Bob Redford's publishers know that contentious sells.

@mooderino - you speak with a lot of authority about the WGA arbitration process - have you ever been arbitrated, or sat as a judge in an arbitration?

You may be right about the publisher wanting an issue to heat up sales for the book, but Redford's statements are still a slur on Goldman's professionalism, and borderline libelous IMNSHO. I'm guessing that WG has moved on and surmises that most people will see through "Bob's" bullshit.