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The Screen Actors Guild made their announcements before the year ended and now it is time for the three other major factions of the film voting community to weigh in with their choices for best film achievements of 2010. They are the Producers Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America. The producers and directors nominations are ordinarily strong indicators of what to expect when the Oscars are announced on January 25 but the writers have come under a fair amount of flack this year. Major Oscar contenders like THE KING'S SPEECH and TOY STORY 3 were not eligible because they were not affiliated with the guild during production. It is difficult to give much credit to a group that would not consider the screenplays for WINTER'S BONE, BLUE VALENTINE or ANOTHER YEAR when they are all serious Oscar contenders in their respective screenplay categories. Especially when they don't fill those voids with films like RABBIT HOLE. Meanwhile, the PGA Top 10 is another variation on the same 11 films that are being tossed around in the Best Picture race this year, with WINTER'S BONE not making the cut this time out. And the DGA favoured newcomers to the Best Direction race, Darren Aronofsky (BLACK SWAN) and David O. Russell (THE FIGHTER) over past winners, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for TRUE GRIT.
The PGA will announce its winners on January 22, in a ceremony hosted by Judd Apatow. The WGA will announce its winners on February 5, in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City to cater to both the Eastern and Western divisions of the guild. The DGA will announce its winner on January 29, at its 75th anniversary edition of the ceremony.
Here are the major nominees from each of the guilds ...
THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin; Story by Andres Heinz
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Written by Christopher Nolan
Written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
PLEASE GIVE
Written by Nicole Holofcener
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy; Based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
Written by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra; Based on the book by Steven McVicker
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
Screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard; Based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan
Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; Based on the novel by Charles Portis
THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
Darren Aronofsky
David Fincher
Tom Hooper
Christopher Nolan
David O. Russell
THE PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA
Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson
Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
Producers: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
Producers: Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray
Producers: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Producers: Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Graham King
Producer: Darla K. Anderson
Producers: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
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