Writers Guild of America nominations announced
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The Writers Guild of America has announced its nominations for the year, giving a boost to some of the proposed Oscar hopefuls looking for a nomination next Thursday. While many of the potential Oscar frontrunners are in evidence in these nominations, the WGA is a body with a lot of peculiarities in its rules and regulations. This usually leads to the disqualification of several Oscar frontrunners from year-to-year, and this year is no different, as Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Amour, and Beasts of the Southern Wild were all excluded as a result of WGA regulations. However, the loss of those films is the gain of some underdogs such as The Perks of Being A Wallflower and Flight.
The nominees via Vulture:
Best Original Screenplay
John Gatins - Flight
Rian Johnson - Looper
Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio - Argo
David Magee - Life of Pi
Tony Kushner - Lincoln
Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Best Documentary Screenplay
Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns - The Central Park Five
Kirby Dick - The Invisible War
Alex Gibney - Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Malik Bendejelloul - Searching for Sugar Man
Brian Knappenberger - We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivisits
Amy Berg and Billy McMillin - West of Memphis