Juno, No Country for Old Men Among Writers Guild Award Nominees
Oh, and by the way, the awards ceremony? Not happening.
If there's one Hollywood awards ceremony that you'd think would be able to go off without a hitch this year, it'd be the Writers Guild Awards -- but you'd be wrong.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the WGA "pooped its own party" Thursday when the western branch unilaterally canceled its awards banquet, "blindsiding" WGA East. West and East traded brief statements in the wake of the announcement, with WGAW saying "There will be no Writers Guild of America, West show until the strike is over," and the WGAE responding with "We are exploring our options, and we will let you know when we have made a decision."
Ah, creative types -- they can never agree on anything. Anything, that is, except for nominations -- the WGA at least got its stuff together long enough to come up with the following list of 2008 Writers Guild Award nominees. The list follows below, with Tomatometer percentages in parentheses:
Original screenplay
Juno, written by Diablo Cody (93 percent)
Michael Clayton, written by Tony Gilroy (90 percent)
The Savages, written by Tamara Jenkins (91 percent)
Knocked Up, written by Judd Apatow (90 percent)
Lars and the Real Girl, written by Nancy Oliver (79 percent)
Adapted screenplay
No Country for Old Men, screenplay by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy (95 percent)
There Will Be Blood, screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel Oil by Upton Sinclair (89 percent)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, screenplay by Ronald Harwood, based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby (93 percent)
Into the Wild, screenplay by Sean Penn, Based on the book by Jon Krakauer (82 percent)
Zodiac, screenplay by James Vanderbilt, Based on the book by Robert Graysmith (89 percent)
Documentary screenplay
The Camden 28, written by Anthony Giacchino (88 percent)
Nanking, screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley, story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman (96 percent)
No End in Sight, written by Charles Ferguson (94 percent)
The Rape of Europa, written by Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen (76 percent)
Sicko, written by Michael Moore (93 percent)
Taxi to the Dark Side, written by Alex Gibney (100 percent)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the WGA "pooped its own party" Thursday when the western branch unilaterally canceled its awards banquet, "blindsiding" WGA East. West and East traded brief statements in the wake of the announcement, with WGAW saying "There will be no Writers Guild of America, West show until the strike is over," and the WGAE responding with "We are exploring our options, and we will let you know when we have made a decision."
Ah, creative types -- they can never agree on anything. Anything, that is, except for nominations -- the WGA at least got its stuff together long enough to come up with the following list of 2008 Writers Guild Award nominees. The list follows below, with Tomatometer percentages in parentheses:
Original screenplay
Juno, written by Diablo Cody (93 percent)
Michael Clayton, written by Tony Gilroy (90 percent)
The Savages, written by Tamara Jenkins (91 percent)
Knocked Up, written by Judd Apatow (90 percent)
Lars and the Real Girl, written by Nancy Oliver (79 percent)
Adapted screenplay
No Country for Old Men, screenplay by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy (95 percent)
There Will Be Blood, screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel Oil by Upton Sinclair (89 percent)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, screenplay by Ronald Harwood, based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby (93 percent)
Into the Wild, screenplay by Sean Penn, Based on the book by Jon Krakauer (82 percent)
Zodiac, screenplay by James Vanderbilt, Based on the book by Robert Graysmith (89 percent)
Documentary screenplay
The Camden 28, written by Anthony Giacchino (88 percent)
Nanking, screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley, story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman (96 percent)
No End in Sight, written by Charles Ferguson (94 percent)
The Rape of Europa, written by Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen (76 percent)
Sicko, written by Michael Moore (93 percent)
Taxi to the Dark Side, written by Alex Gibney (100 percent)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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(1-5 of 5 posts) | Reply
on Jan 11 2008 05:48 AM Some love for Zodiac, good. (Reply to this) |
on Jan 11 2008 06:53 AM A few weird nominations, where are Ratatouille and Before The Devil Knows You're Dead in the original screenplay category and where is Charlie Wilson's War in the adapted screenplay category. All the other nominations are good! (Reply to this) |
on Jan 11 2008 11:05 AM Where the hell is Atonement? Dammit! (Reply to this) |
on Jan 11 2008 12:04 PM That's cool that Knocked Up got a nod. (Reply to this) |
on Jan 12 2008 01:57 PM umm Atonement? What?! They must have had a mental lapse. Or something. Because that screenplay should certainly take the place of the Into the Wild nomination. Just personal opinion. Atonement was my #1 film of the year. Everything else I'm generally happy with. Love that Zodiac and Knocked Up were both recognized. Hope that Juno and NCfOM win. (Reply to this) |
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