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James Goldman has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s.
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Christmas 1183, Angevin Empire: King Henry II plans to announce his successor to the throne. Jockeying for the crown, though, is complex. Henry has three sons and wants his boy Prince John to take over. Henry's wife, Queen Eleanor, believes their son Prince Richard should be king. As family and various schemers gather for the holiday, each tries to make the indecisive king choose their option.
Dir. Anthony Harvey · With Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.
Dir. Taylor Hackford · With Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
Dir. Richard Lester · With Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw