The Screenwriters of America (WGA) came together in Los Angeles and in New York City last night to honor the best scripts of 2004. And the winners for film were Charlie Kaufman's ingenious "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (Original Script) and Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor's witty "Sideways" (Adapted Script).
Kaufman beat out such noteworthy scripts as "The Aviator" (John Logan), "Garden State" (Zach Braff), "Hotel Rwanda" (Keir Pearson and Terry George), and "Kinsey" (Bill Condon).
Payne and Taylor's "Sideways" bested such incredible scripts as "Before Sunset" (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke), "Mean Girls" (Tina Fey), "Million Dollar Baby" (Paul Haggis), and "The Motorcycle Diaries" (Jose Rivera).
Best Script for a documentary was awarded to Morgan Spurlock for "Supersize Me."
For more information on the winners for Radio, TV, etc, please go to www.wga.org
Very Shameless Plug: I was quite pleased to see that many of these films were in my top ten of the year. TO view my list, please click on the following link:
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2004 Best of Films
