Oscar Countdown: Writing the Script for Winning Original and Adapted Screenplays
Although those they honor are considered below the line, make no mistake about it. The Oscars for both adapted and original screenplay are marquee trophies that can fast-track the career course of their recipients into Hollywood’s highest echelons, if they aren’t already there. Just think back to when an impossibly young Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won for ”Good Will Hunting.” Let’s take a look first at the adapted screenplay nominees:...
Writers Guild Awards Winners Add New Drama to Oscar Race, Cement TV Icons
With Saturday night’s Writers Guild of America Awards, all of the guilds have now spoken– their voters deciding the best written, best directed, best acted and best produced movies of the year. And for the first time in recent memory, there is no clear consensus– which makes the ongoing Oscar race even more interesting than it is when just one or two films and their key talent are considered a lock. For those with short...
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