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Why Stephen King & The Screenwriter Of Children Of The Corn Fought
By WITNEY SEIBOLD
When George Goldsmith wrote the screenplay to the 1984 version of "Children of the Corn," he had to extend Stephen King's brief tale into a 92-minute feature.
The basics were there, but Goldsmith had to add a prologue, a few inner conflicts, several new characters, and a different, more explosive climax.
Goldsmith’s version was hated by King. In a Cinema Blend article, Goldsmith recalls butting heads with the author and how King's initial draft of the screenplay kinda sucked.
King's screenplay for "Children of the Corn" was, according to Goldsmith, "not cinematic at all." The two men wound up arguing on a phone call.
Goldsmith recalled the conversation and how King “opened up by informing me I did not understand horror. And I countered that he did not understand cinema.”