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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Writer(s) - Film	Comment
Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind	A truly special script... as good as he gets
John Logan - The Aviator	I'll tell you when I see the movie...
Almodovar - Bad Education	A really strong screenplay, even if the film only pleases some crowds
Bill Condon - Kinsey	A big tough landscape, tamed with love
James L. Brooks, Spanglish	I'll Do Anything is his only one to miss this nomination
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Alejandro Amenabar, Mateo Gil - The Sea Inside	A powerful film of beautiful words
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach - The Life Aquatic	Quirky & funny, but Academy?
Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess - Napoleon Dynamite	It could happen... amazingly enough
Mike Leigh, Vera Drake	Do Mike Leigh movies get written?
Christopher Lyle - Alexander	If the movie romps
Michael Moore - Fahrenheit 9/11	Depends on the election
David O. Russell, Jeff Baena, I Heart Huckabee's	How much respect will David Russell get?
Paul Weitz, Synergy	If it is as smart as they say
James L. White, Ray	If the movie brings it along

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Writer(s) - Film	Comment
Patrick Marber - Closer	If you picture, nod will come
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor - Sideways	A great piece of writing
Jose Rivera - The Motorcycle Diaries	Beautiful adaptation goes for the soul
David Magee - Finding Neverland	Could be the consolation prize
Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, J. David Stern, David N. Weiss - Shrek 2	It's an odd category
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Benedict Fitzgerald, Mel Gibson - The Passion Of The Christ	The whipped that story into shape
Daniel Pyne - The Manchurian Candidate	A well done variation... except for the end
Brooks, Curtis, Davies, Fielding, Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason	It will be a joy to behold... enough?
Robert Gordon, Lemony Snicket	Three books, one movie, huge hit
David Auburn, Rebecca Miller - Proof	If the movie gets traction...
Tina Fey - Mean Girls	Can they get us excited about it again?
Mike Binder - The Upside Of Anger	A serious movie about adults
Larry Gross - We Don't Live Here Anymore	The violence of sex and boredom
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant - A Very Long Engagement	It's in French
Joe Penhall, Enduring Love	A brilliant adaptation, taking a great novelist into new corners of a fine novel
Charles Shyer, Elaine Pope - Alfie	What's it all about?
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joel Schumacher - The Phantom Of The Opera	If the movie races...
Tod Williams - The Door In The Floor	The box office probably closed the door, but with John Irving's help, maybe...

 

30 Weeks To Oscar Charts
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September 23, 2004

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