- In 1993, following his Oscar nomination for Scent of a Woman (1992), Goldman was still pursuing his directorial debut. In an interview he gave that year, he stated that he had decided on the project to make. It was an original untitled "psychological thriller about a C.I.A. agent" that he had written, but the project stalled in development.
- Bo Goldman has written three separate screenplays that involve Howard Hughes. He was known as the Howard Hughes expert around town for his extensive knowledge from research done about the man. His first script was a biopic of the younger Hughes titled "Sonny", which was the nickname of Howard Hughes. It was never produced, but during his research he came across the story that would become his Oscar winning script for Melvin and Howard (1980). Around this time, Warren Beatty was trying to make his own Howard Hughes movie. He had worked with Elaine May on a version and another with Robert Towne, but neither worked. Sometime in the late '80s, Beatty contacted Goldman about writing a script for him. They worked off and on, on a script, before quitting to work on Dick Tracy (1990). Goldman had grown tired of working with Beatty, and after Beatty ruined Goldman's chances at a credit on Dick Tracy (1990), Goldman refused to work with Beatty again. He turned down the opportunity to continue work on the Howard Hughes script and to work on Bugsy (1991). However, in 2016 Warren Beatty finally debuted his Howard Hughes movie Rules Don't Apply (2016) and in the credits, Bo Goldman is given a shared 'story by' credit with Warren Beatty. Beatty himself continued to rewrite the script over the years which is why he is given the sole 'screenplay by' credit.
- Father-in-law of Todd Field.
- In 2003, Bo Goldman was hired by producer Jerry Weintraub to write the script for "The Colonel and Me". The story follows Weintraub's relationship with Elvis Presley's manager Col. Tom Parker when Weintraub was the tour promoter. Barry Levinson was set to direct with Jack Nicholson set to star.
- In 1975, Bo Goldman wrote the script for Universal's planned movie "The Legend of King Kong", which was set to go into production in early 1976. However, Paramount and producer Dino De Laurentiis successfully sued Universal to prevent them from making the picture, which would compete with their "King Kong" movie released in 1976.
- In 1989, Bo Goldman was hired by Penny Marshall to write a script based on her mother. At the time, Goldman was working with Warren Beatty on Dick Tracy (1990) and even though Goldman had completed his work on the script, Beatty was furious that Goldman had moved on to another project. The script was titled "Time Step" and was still in the works through the early 1990's but was eventually shelved.
- He did extensive rewrite work on the script for Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990) and was extremely disappointed that he did not receive any credit on the finished film. In fact, a story picture book released by Disney features the film's credits and in those they include written by credits for Jim Cash & Jack Epps Jr. and Bo Goldman and Warren Beatty. However, the WGA decided to give credit to Cash & Epps Jr., solely.
- After completing work on Dick Tracy (1990) with Warren Beatty, Goldman was talked into writing the script for Warren Beatty's long planned Howard Hughes biopic. Initially frustrated by the process of writing a picture for Beatty, Goldman eventually turned in his script titled "Hughes". However, the project was put on the shelf by Beatty who would pursue other projects instead. Beatty offered Goldman a chance to work on Bugsy (1991), but Goldman declined. Many years later, Goldman's Hughes script (or part of it) was made by Beatty in Rules Don't Apply (2016) and Goldman received the credit for the story, his first screenplay credit in 18 years.
- Bo Goldman had several unproduced scripts that he was developing to be his directorial debut over the years. Among them are "Sons and Fathers" and "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye". He was also planning on directing a remake of "Wild Strawberries" which he had written, but that project never materialized.
- Was an uncredited script doctor on numerous projects during his career. Among them were Ragtime (1981), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Swing Shift (1984), Dick Tracy (1990), First Knight (1995), The Perfect Storm (2000), and Goya's Ghosts (2006).
- In recent years, Goldman was rumored to be working on an adaptation of Jules Dassin's "Rififi" for Al Pacino.
- Upon graduation from Princeton, Goldman had a three-year stint in the U.S. Army stationed on Enewetak as personnel sergeant, an atoll in the Marshall Islands of the central Pacific Ocean used for nuclear bomb testing.
- His 1953 production, Ham 'n Legs, was presented on The Ed Sullivan Show - the first Triangle production ever to appear on National Television.
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