USC Scripter Nominees

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Big Magilla wrote:The Scriptor Awards go to the original author as well as the screenwriters. It will be interesting to see who picks up Upton Sinclair or Chris McCanless' award should There Will Be Blood or Into the Wild win.

Jon Krakauer wrote Into the Wild; Christopher McCandless was just his subject.



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The Scriptor Awards go to the original author as well as the screenwriters. It will be interesting to see who picks up Upton Sinclair or Chris McCanless' award should There Will Be Blood or Into the Wild win.
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Penelope wrote:but Into the Wild and Zodiac are middle-brow entries at best.
Which doesn't tell me they're less worthy.
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I can't comment yet about There Will Be Blood, but Atonement and No Country are certainly worthy; but Into the Wild and Zodiac are middle-brow entries at best.
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...and here's Zodiac again.
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Never much of a precursor, but...not a bad list.

Atonement
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
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