![]() ![]() The story focuses on the captain of a ship that’s overtaken by Somalian pirates. I thank you guys for that.”īilly Ray won for the screenplay of the Tom Hanks-led Captain Phillips, which was adapted from the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips (the real-life Captain Phillips) with Stephan Talty. The highs and lows of sitting there by yourself. “In a way this is like an award for pain. ![]() “It’s a high honor coming from writers,” Jonze said in his acceptance speech, per Variety. Jonze’s Her beat out the screenplays for other Oscar-nominated films: Blue Jasmine, American Hustle, Dallas Buyers Club, and Nebraska. Spike Jonze took home the best original screenplay award for his futuristic love story Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a recently divorced man who falls in love with his computer’s operating system, voiced by Scarlett Johansson. Variety noted that WGA winners for best adapted screenplay have also won Oscars in the category 14 out of the last 19 years, while winners for best original screenplay have won Oscars 12 times out of the last 19 years. If you’re making bets on Academy Award winners, the WGA awards are usually a good indication of who will take home a screenplay Oscar. The Writer’s Guild of America has announced its winners for the best screenplays of the year, with Captain Phillips and Her taking top honors for best adapted screenplay and best original screenplay, respectively.
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