Countless omissions and a staggering number of disqualifications have led us to this year's list of surprise screenplay nominees from the Writers Guild of America. Among the ineligible that can still compete for Oscar gold are: Nick Hornby's An Education, Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Tom Ford's A Single Man, Joe Penhall's The Road and animated films like Up and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Original Screenplay:
Original Screenplay:
- (500)Days of Summer, Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
- Avatar, James Cameron
- The Hangover, Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
- The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
- A Serious Man,
- Crazy Heart, Scott Cooper; based on the novel by Thomas Cobb
- Julie & Julia, Nora Ephron; based on the books Julie & Julia by Julie Powell and My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme
- Precious: Geoffrey Fletcher; based on the novel Push by Sapphire
- Star Trek, Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman; based upon Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry
- Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner; based upon the novel by Walter Kirn
- Against the Tide, Richard Trank
- Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore
- The Cove, Mark Monroe
- Earth Days, Robert Stone
- Good Hair, Chris Rock & Jeff Stilson and Lance Crouther and Chuck Sklar
- Soundtrack for a Revolution, Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman
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