When the WGA isn’t out sabotaging award shows that have pretty much nothing to do with their childish contract negotiations they found time to watch some movies and it appears they even enjoyed some of them in this time of bitterness and hatred. Today the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the 2007 season to be honored at the 2008 Writers Guild Awards held on February 9, 2008, in Los Angeles and New York.
Wouldn’t it be great if all the big media head honchos picketed the awards on February 9th? I would pay to see that, it would be priceless.
As for the nominees that were announced, they went like this:
JUNO, Written by Diablo Cody, Fox Searchlight
MICHAEL CLAYTON, Written by Tony Gilroy, Warner Bros. Pictures
THE SAVAGES, Written by Tamara Jenkins, Fox Searchlight
KNOCKED UP, Written by Judd Apatow, Universal Pictures
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, Written by Nancy Oliver, MGM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, Screenplay by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Based on the Novel by Cormac McCarthy, Miramax
THERE WILL BE BLOOD, Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, Based on the Novel Oil by Upton Sinclair, Paramount Vantage
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, Based on the Book by Jean-Dominique Bauby, Miramax
INTO THE WILD, Screenplay by Sean Penn, Based on the Book by Jon Krakauer, Paramount Vantage
ZODIAC, Screenplay by James Vanderbilt, Based on the Book by Robert Graysmith, Paramount Pictures
THE CAMDEN 28, Written by Anthony Giacchino, First Run Features
NANKING, Screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley, Story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman, THINKFilm
NO END IN SIGHT, Written by Charles Ferguson, Magnolia Pictures
THE RAPE OF EUROPA Written by Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen, Menemsha Films
SICKO, Written by Michael Moore, Lionsgate/The Weinstein Company
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, Written by Alex Gibney, THINKFilm
