Best Screenplay Written Directly
for the Screen
Shakespeare In Love: Written by
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (Miramax)Other
Nominees:
Bulworth: Screenplay by Warren Beatty &
Jeremy Pikser, Story by Warren Beatty (Fox)
The Opposite Of
Sex: Written by Don Roos (Sony Pictures Classics)
Saving
Private Ryan: Written by Robert Rodat (Dreamworks)
The
Truman Show: Written by Andrew Niccol (Paramount) 122 films
were eligible for consideration. |
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously
Produced or Published
Out Of Sight: Screenplay
by Scott Frank, Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard (Universal)
Other Nominees:
A Civil Action: Screenplay by
Steven Zaillian, Based on the book by Jonathan Harr (Touchstone)
Gods And Monsters: Screenplay by Bill Condon, Based on the
book FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN
by Christopher Bram (Lions Gate)
Primary Colors:
Screenplay by Elaine May, Based on the novel by 'Anonymous'
(Universal)
A Simple Plan: Screenplay by Scott B. Smith,
Based on the novel by Scott B. Smith 91 films were eligible for
consideration. |
Evelyn F. Burkey Award
David
Brown
"whose contributions have brought honor and dignity
to writers everywhere" |
Paul Selvin Award
Frank Military,
Blind Faith
for a screenplay that "best embodies the
spirit of constitutional and civil rights and liberties, which are
indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere" |
Ian McLellan Hunter Award
for Lifetime Achievement
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