``Million Dollar Baby'' Wins 17th Annual USC Scripter Award.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- The writers of "Million Dollar Baby" are the winners of the 17th annual USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. Scripter(R) Award, a literary award that honors both author and screenwriter for best adaptation of a book or short story to film. "The selection committee has chosen well," said Academy Award(R)-nominated screenwriter Nicholas Kazan Nicholas Kazan (born 1950 in New York) is a writer, producer and director. He is the son of director Elia Kazan and his first wife, playwright Mary Day Thacher (Molly) Kazan. He married Robin Swicord, a writer, producer, actress, and director in 1984. and screenwriter Robin Swicord, co-chairs of this year's Scripter Award selection committee. "`Ropeburns' represents some of the best writing ever done about boxing, and Paul Haggis has adapted it with intelligence, passion, and great deftness. This graceful marriage of source and screenplay is precisely what the Scripter Award was created to honor." The annual black-tie Scripter gala will be held Sunday, February 20th, in the Edward L. Doheny Edward Laurence Doheny (August 10, 1856 - September 8, 1935) was an American oil tycoon. Doheny was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. His family history reaches back to Ireland when his family fled in the wake of the Great Famine. Jr. Memorial Library on the USC campus. Author F.X. Toole and screenwriter Paul Haggis will be honored for their work on "Million Dollar Baby." Actor and producer Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler (b. October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). will serve as master of ceremonies and Hal Kanter will return as grand master of ceremonies The Grand Master of Ceremonies of France or Grand maître des cérémonies de France was one of the Great Offciers of the Maison du Roi ("King's Household") during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration. His function was to organize all public ceremonies of the crown. . "Million Dollar Baby" explores the relationship between a professional boxing trainer and a small-town woman in her 30s seeking a new life through her sport, the surrogate father-daughter relationship that ensues, and the irrevocable outcome that changes their lives. Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, the film is set in Los Angeles and also stars Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman. "Million Dollar Baby" has been nominated for best picture by several national entertainment organizations, and has been named best picture by the National Board of Review. The film garnered five Golden Globe nominations, including best picture (drama), director (Clint Eastwood), actress (Hilary Swank), supporting actor (Morgan Freeman) and score (Clint Eastwood). Mr. Eastwood also earned a Directors Guild nomination and the film has earned a best picture nomination from the Producers Guild of America. The late F.X. Toole -- aka Jerry Boyd -- was 70 when "Ropeburns: Stories from the Corner," a book about his long career as a boxing "cut man" and manager, was published. "Million Dollar Baby" marks Paul Haggis' second feature as a screenwriter-producer. Known for his Emmy-winning television work, Haggis wrote and produced the indie feature "Crash," a movie about race relations in Los Angeles that debuted at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. The other finalists for the 17th annual Scripter Award were author Robert Ludlum and screenwriter Tony Gilroy for "The Bourne Bourne, town (1990 pop. 16,064), Barnstable co., SE Mass., crossed by Cape Cod Canal; settled 1627, inc. 1884. Bourne Bridge (1935), across the canal, made the town an entry point to Cape Cod and a resort and commercial center. Supremacy"; author John Irving ("A Widow for One Year") and screenwriter Tod Williams for "The Door in the Floor"; author H.G. Bissinger ("Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream") and screenwriters Peter Berg, Buzz Bissinger and David Aaron Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. for "Friday Night Lights"; and author Rex Pickett and screenwriters Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor for "Sideways." Hosted by the Friends of the USC Libraries, the USC Scripter Award is given annually to honor authors and screenwriters for the best adaptation among English-language films based on books or short stories. Past winners include "Mystic River," "Seabiscuit," "The Hours," "A Beautiful Mind," "Wonder Boys," "The English Patient," "Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, that was first published in 1811. It was the first of Austen's novels to be published, under the pseudonym "A Lady". ," "The Shawshank Redemption," "Schindler's List," "Fried Green Tomatoes," "L.A. Confidential," "A River Runs Through It," "Awakenings," "Accidental Tourist," "A Civil Action," "The Hurricane" and "84 Charing Cross Road Charing Cross Road is a London street which runs north from Trafalgar Square to St Giles' Circus (the intersection with Oxford Street) and then becomes Tottenham Court Road. It is so called because it leads from Charing Cross. ." For more information, visit http://scripter.usc.edu or call 213.740.2328. |
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