WRITERS GUILD LISTS SCREENPLAY PRIZE NOMINEES.Byline: City News Service Actress-turned-writer Emma Thompson's "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". " screenplay and director Mike Figgis' script for "Leaving Las Vegas" received Writers Guild Award nominations Thursday. They are among the nominees for the 48th annual WGA WGA Windows Genuine Advantage (Microsoft) WGA Writers Guild of America (union for screenwriters) WGA Wise Giving Alliance (Better Business Bureau) WGA wheat germ agglutinin awards for best screenplay based on material previously produced or published, and will compete with "Apollo 13," "Babe" and "Get Shorty short·y also short·ie Informal n. pl. short·ies 1. A person short in stature. 2. A thing of less than average size, length, extension, or duration. adj. ." Also announced Thursday were nominees for best screenplay written directly for the screen, which are "The American President," "Braveheart," "Clueless," "Mighty Aphrodite" and "Muriel's Wedding." Thompson won a Golden Globe Award last month from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for her screenplay, and is expected to get an Academy Award nod, as well. Eligible films were those that were released in 1995 under the jurisdiction of the Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is a term often referring to the joint efforts of the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west. Jointly, the two guilds act as the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and , west and east, and their affiliates in the international Affiliation of Writers Guilds The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds is an international trade union federation representing guilds of professional screenwriters and playwrights. Some affiliates also belong to national trade union federations. . The members selected their nominations from a total of 206 films in both categories.Winners of the Screen Awards, along with winners in the WGA's Television and Radio Awards will be announced March 17 at ceremonies on both coasts.The local ceremony will be held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and will be hosted by Carol Leifer, a stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. comedian and co-producer of "Seinfeld." The full list of nominees follows: Best screenplay written directly for the screen: "The American President," written by Aaron Sorkin, Castle Rock Entertainment; "Braveheart," written by Randall Wallace, Paramount Pictures; "Clueless," written by Amy Heckerling, Paramount Pictures; "Mighty Aphrodite," written by Woody Allen, Miramax Films; "Muriel's Wedding," written by P.J. Hogan, Miramax Films. Best screenplay based on material previously produced or published: "Apollo 13," screenplay by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert, based on the book "Lost Moon" by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, Universal Pictures; "Babe," screenplay by George Miller and Chris Noonan, based on the book "The Sheep Pig" by Dick King-Smith, Universal Pictures; "Get Shorty," screenplay by Scott Frank, based on the novel by Elmore Leonard, MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. ; "Leaving Las Vegas," screenplay by Mike Figgis, based on the novel by John O'Brien, United Artists; "Sense and Sensibility," screenplay by Emma Thompson, based on the novel by Jane Austen, Columbia. |
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