Writer’s Guild of America
Nominations: January 4, 2006
Awards: February 4, 2006
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crash
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, Story by Paul Haggis, Lions Gate Films
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Based on the Short Story by Annie Proulx
Focus Features
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Written By Alex Gibney, Based on the book The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, Magnolia Pictures and HDNet Films
Nominations
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Cinderella Man
Screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman, Story by Cliff Hollingsworth, Universal Pictures
Crash
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, Story by Paul Haggis, Lions Gate Films
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Written by Judd Apatow & Steve Carell, Universal Pictures
Good Night, And Good Luck
Written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov, Warner Independent Pictures
The Squid and the Whale
Written by Noah Baumbach, Samuel Goldwyn Films
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Based on the Short Story by Annie Proulx
Focus Features
Capote
Screenplay by Dan Futterman
Based on the Book by Gerald Clarke
UA/Sony Pictures Classics
The Constant Gardener
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
Based on the Novel by John le Carré
Focus Features
A History of Violence
Screenplay by Josh Olson
Based on the Graphic Novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke New Line Cinema
Syriana
Written by Stephen Gaghan
Based on the Book “See No Evil” by Robert Baer
Warner Bros. Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Cowboy Del Amor
Written by Michèle Ohayon, Homeland Film Productions
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Written By Alex Gibney, Based on the book The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, Magnolia Pictures and HDNet Films
The Fall of Fumimori
Written by Ellen Perry & Zack Anderson & Kim Roberts, Stardust Pictures
March of the Penguins
Narration Written by Jordan Roberts, Based upon the story by Luc Jacquet and screenplay by Luc Jacquet & Michel Fessler, Warner Independent Pictures and Bonne Pioche
Street Fight
Written by Marshall Curry, Marshall Curry Productions