Writer’s Guild Awards nominees are WRITE awesome

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Sorry about that.

Anyway, the Writer’s Guild of America announced their nominees for their awards for best screenplays of the year, broken down by original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary screenplay. It’s basically a laundry list of the awesome films that came out this year, and most of the time, these awards heavily influence the corresponding Oscar. Check the full list, and my picks for the winners, below the cut.

Sorry about that.

Anyway, the Writer's Guild of America announced their nominees for their awards for best screenplays of the year, broken down by original screenplay, adapted screenplay, and documentary screenplay. It's basically a laundry list of the awesome films that came out this year, and most of the time, these awards heavily influence the corresponding Oscar. Check the full list, and my picks for the winners, below the cut.{{page_break}}

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Black Swan, Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin;
    Story by Andres Heinz; Fox Searchlight
  • The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
    Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Paramount Pictures
  • Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros.
  • The Kids Are All Right, Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg; Focus
    Features
  • Please Give, Written by Nicole Holofcener; Sony Pictures Classics

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • 127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy;Based on the book
    Between a Rock and a Hard Place     by Aron Ralston; Fox Searchlight
  • I Love You Phillip Morris, Written by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra; Based on
    the book by Steven McVicker; Roadside Attractions
  • The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The
    Accidental Billionaires     by Ben Mezrich; Sony Pictures
  • The Town, Screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard; Based
    on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan; Warner Bros.
  • True Grit, Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; Based on the novel by
    Charles Portis; Paramount Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

  • Enemies of the People, Written, Directed, Filmed and Produced by Rob Lemkin
    and Thet Sambath; International Film Circuit
  • Freedom Riders, Written, Produced and Directed by Stanley Nelson;
    International Film Circuit
  • Gasland, Written and Directed by Josh Fox; HBO Documentary Films and
    International WOW Company
  • Inside Job, Produced, Written and Directed by Charles Ferguson; Co-written
    by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt; Sony Pictures Classics
  • The Two Escobars, Written by Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist; ESPN Films
  • Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?, Written and
    Directed by John Scheinfeld; Lorber Films

I'm going to have to go with The Fighter for Original Screenplay, The Social Network for Adapted Screenplay, and Inside Job for Documentary Screenplay. It's a stark reminder that we really got some pretty kickass screenplays this year.

[Via Collider]

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