Huge hits such as “True Grit” and “Inception” will be up against smaller films that include “127 Hours” and “The Kids Are All Right” for screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America.
The sci-fi smash “Inception” and the lesbian family tale “The Kids Are All Right” were among guild nominees Tuesday for best original screenplay, along with the ballet thriller “Black Swan,” the boxing saga “The Fighter” and the comic drama “Please Give.”
The Western “True Grit” and the survival story “127 Hours” are in the running for adapted screenplay, along with the con man tale “I Love You Phillip Morris,” the Facebook drama “The Social Network” and the heist thriller “The Town.”
Some of the year’s most acclaimed films, including “The King’s Speech,” ”Winter’s Bone” and “Toy Story 3,” were ineligible because they were not made under the guild’s contract guidelines.
Documentary screenplay nominees are “Enemies of the People,” ”Freedom Riders,” ”Gasland,” ”Inside Job,” ”The Two Escobars” and “Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?”
Guild winners will be announced Feb. 5. at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
Here’s a complete rundown of nominees:
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
Feature films eligible for a Writers Guild Award were exhibited theatrically for at least one week in Los Angeles in 2010 and were written under the WGA’s Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA) or under a bona fide collective bargaining agreement of the Australian Writers Guild, Writers Guild of Canada, Writers Guild of Great Britain, Irish Playwrights & Screenwriters Guild or the New Zealand Writers Guild. Theatrical screenplays produced under the jurisdiction of the WGA or an affiliate Guild must have been submitted for WGA awards consideration.
Documentaries eligible for a Writers Guild Award featured an onscreen writing credit and were exhibited theatrically in Los Angeles or New York for one week in 2010. While credited documentary writers were required to join the WGAW’s Nonfiction Writers Caucus or WGAE Nonfiction Writers Caucus to be considered, scripts need not have been written under WGA jurisdiction to be considered.
