After reading three news accounts of this year's Oscar nominees in which none managed to mention the writing nominees, I cruised over to Oscar.org to see the actual list. And there, listed LAST, are the writers.
| Adapted screenplay | |
| “Atonement” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton | |
| “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) Written by Sarah Polley | |
| “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood | |
| “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen | |
| “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Original screenplay | |
| “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Diablo Cody | |
| “Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM) Written by Nancy Oliver | |
| “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Written by Tony Gilroy | |
| “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Brad Bird Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird | |
| “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Tamara Jenkins | |
And I gotta say, Ratatouille?
I haven't seen Ratatouille -- is the writing bad, ordinary or nonexistent?
ReplyDeleteIt's a cartoon about a rat who wants to be a chef in Paris.
ReplyDeleteNot bad, I guess, but not the best Disney and I find it hard to believe, one of the top five scripts from last year.