'Rings,' 'Translation' Among Writers Guild Award Nominees
Three Writers Also DGA Nominees
POSTED: 3:08 p.m. EST January 22, 2004
UPDATED: 5:23 p.m. EST January 22, 2004
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"The Lord of the Rings" returned to the Writers Guild Award circle
Thursday with a Best Adapted Screenplay nod for "The Return of the King"
for the 56th annual Writers Guild of America Awards.
"King" writers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens were
nominated two years ago for "The Fellowship of the Ring" -- the first
chapter of trilogy based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Its follow-up,
"The Two Towers," failed to receive a nomination last year.
Jackson is one of three Directors Guild of America nominees who also
nabbed a WGA nomination. Gary Ross received a Best Adapted Screenplay
nomination for "Seabicuit" (based on Laura Hillenbrand's novel), while
Sofia Coppola was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for "Lost in
Translation."
Joining Jackson and Ross in the Best Adapted Screenplay category are
Brian Helgeland for "Mystic River" (based on Dennis Lehane's novel),
Anthony Minghella for "Cold Mountain" (based on Charles Lehane's novel)
and Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman for "American Splendor"
(based on the comic book series by Harvey Pekar, and novel by Pekar and
Joyce Brabner).
Facing off against Coppola in for the WGA's Best Original Screenplay
award are Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges and Guljit Bindra for
"Bend it Like Beckham," Steven Knight for "Dirty Pretty Things," Jim
Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kristen Sheridan for "In America" and Tom
McCarthy for "The Station Agent."
According to the WGA, there were 110 films eligible for nomination for
Best Original Screenplay in 2003 and 78 films for Best Adapted
Screenplay.
Last year, Michael Moore won the Best Original Screenplay for the
gun-culture documentary "Bowling for Columbine," while David Hare nabbed
the Best Adapted Screenplay trophy for the three-tiered Virginia
Woolf-themed drama "The Hours."
The WGA announced its television and radio nominees earlier this week.
The 56th annual WGA Awards will be held Feb. 21 at the Century Plaza
Hotel in Los Angeles, with a simultaneous ceremony staging at the Pierre
Hotel in New York.
"King" writers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens were
nominated two years ago for "The Fellowship of the Ring" -- the first
chapter of trilogy based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Its follow-up,
"The Two Towers," failed to receive a nomination last year.
Jackson is one of three Directors Guild of America nominees who also
nabbed a WGA nomination. Gary Ross received a Best Adapted Screenplay
nomination for "Seabicuit" (based on Laura Hillenbrand's novel), while
Sofia Coppola was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for "Lost in
Translation."
Joining Jackson and Ross in the Best Adapted Screenplay category are
Brian Helgeland for "Mystic River" (based on Dennis Lehane's novel),
Anthony Minghella for "Cold Mountain" (based on Charles Lehane's novel)
and Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman for "American Splendor"
(based on the comic book series by Harvey Pekar, and novel by Pekar and
Joyce Brabner).
Facing off against Coppola in for the WGA's Best Original Screenplay
award are Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges and Guljit Bindra for
"Bend it Like Beckham," Steven Knight for "Dirty Pretty Things," Jim
Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kristen Sheridan for "In America" and Tom
McCarthy for "The Station Agent."
According to the WGA, there were 110 films eligible for nomination for
Best Original Screenplay in 2003 and 78 films for Best Adapted
Screenplay.
Last year, Michael Moore won the Best Original Screenplay for the
gun-culture documentary "Bowling for Columbine," while David Hare nabbed
the Best Adapted Screenplay trophy for the three-tiered Virginia
Woolf-themed drama "The Hours."
The WGA announced its television and radio nominees earlier this week.
The 56th annual WGA Awards will be held Feb. 21 at the Century Plaza
Hotel in Los Angeles, with a simultaneous ceremony staging at the Pierre
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