Steve Pond reports that several scripts are now not eligible for the WGA, according to their online balloting:
“The King’s Speech,” “Winter’s Bone,” “Toy Story 3,” “Blue Valentine” and “Another Year” may be among the most acclaimed film scripts of the year, and they may well become contenders in the writing categories at the Oscars, but you won’t hear any of their names called when the WGA Awards nominations are announced on January 4.
Also missing from the WGA ballot: “The Ghost Writer,” “Nowhere Boy,” “The Way Back,” “Never Let Me Go,” “Love & Other Drugs,” “Made in Dagenham,” “Green Zone,” “Biutiful” and “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World.”
So there you have it. It happens that films that aren’t nominated for WGA’s win but it is extremely rare. I think the one I can recall off the top of my head was Talk To Her, which won the Oscar for original screenplay but was not nominated for a WGA. For a Best Picture contender like The King’s Speech, it happens but it’s rare. For example, the last time a film won Best Picture without a WGA was when Gladiator won in 2000. It did eventually get a screenplay nomination at the Oscars, which The King’s Speech is expected to do. On the plus side, at least they’re not qualified, which is different from being snubbed.
won WGA | won Oscar
2009
| 2009 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker+ |
| A Serious Man | A Serious Man* |
| 500 Days of Summer | Up* |
| The Hangover | The Messenger |
| Avatar | Inglourious Basterds* |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| Up in the Air | Up in the Air* |
| Crazy Heart | In the Loop |
| Star Trek | District 9* |
| Precious | Precious* |
| Julie & Julia | An Education* |
| 2008 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| Milk | Milk* |
| Burn After Reading | Frozen River |
| The Visitor | Happy-Go-Lucky |
| The Wrestler | In Bruges |
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Wall-E |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| Slumdog Millionaire | Slumdog Millionaire+ |
| Doubt | Doubt |
| Frost/Nixon | Frost/Nixon* |
| Benjamin Button | Benjamin Button* |
| The Dark Knight | The Reader |
| 2007 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| Diablo Cody, Juno* | Diablo Cody, Juno* |
| Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton | Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton* |
| Tamara Jenkins, The Savages | Tamara Jenkins, The Savages |
| Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl | Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl |
| Judd Apatow, Knocked Up | Brad Bird, Ratatouille |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood* |
| Joel, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men | Joel, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men+ |
| Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| Sean Penn, Into the Wild | Sarah Polley, Away from Her |
| James Vanderbilt, Zodiac | Christopher Hampton Atonement* |
| 2006 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| Babel | Babel* |
| The Queen | The Queen * |
| Stranger than Fiction | Letters from Iwo Jima* |
| Little Miss Sunshine | Little Miss Sunshine * |
| United 93 | Pan’s Labyrinth |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| The Departed | The Departed+ |
| Thank You for Smoking | Notes on a Scandal |
| Little Children | Little Children |
| Borat | Borat |
| Devil Wears Prada | Children of Men |
| 2005 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| 40 Year Old Virgin | Syriana |
| Crash+ | Crash+ |
| Cinderella Man | Match Point |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | Good Night * |
| Squid and the Whale | Squid and the Whale |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| Brokeback Mountain | Brokeback Mountain* |
| Capote | Capote* |
| Constant Gardener | Constant Gardener |
| History of Violence | History of Violence |
| Syriana | Munich* |
| 2004 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| The Aviator | The Aviator* |
| Eternal Sunshine | Eternal Sunshine |
| Garden State | Vera Drake |
| Hotel Rwanda | Hotel Rwanda |
| Kinsey | The Incredibles |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| Before Sunset | Before Sunset |
| Mean Girls | Finding Neverland* |
| Million Dollar Baby | Million Dollar Baby+ |
| Sideways | Sideways* |
| Motorcycle Diaries | Motorcycle Diaries |
| 2003 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| Bend it Like Beckham | The Barbarian Invasions |
| Dirty Pretty Things | Dirty Pretty Things |
| In America | In America |
| Lost in Translation | Lost in Translation* |
| The Station Agent | Finding Nemo |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| American Splendor | American Splendor |
| Cold Mountain | City of God |
| ROTK | ROTK* |
| Mystic River | Mystic River * |
| Seabiscuit | Seabiscuit* |
| 2002 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| Far From Heaven | Far From Heaven |
| Gangs of New York | Gangs of New York* |
| Antwone Fisher | Talk to Her |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Greek Wedding |
| Bowling for Columbine | Y Tu Mama Tambien |
| Chicago | Chicago+ |
| The Hours | The Hours* |
| About Schmidt | The Pianist* |
| Adaptation | Adaptation |
| About a Boy | About a Boy |
| 2001 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| Gosford Park* | Gosford Park* |
| The Man Who Wasn’t There | Amelie |
| Monster’s Ball | Monster’s Ball |
| Moulin Rouge | Memento |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | The Royal Tenenbaums |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| A Beautiful Mind | A Beautiful Mind+ |
| Black Hawk Down | Shrek |
| Bridget Jones’s Diary | In the Bedroom* |
| Ghost World | Ghost World |
| The Fellowship of the Ring | Fellowship of the Ring* |
| 2000 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| Erin Brockovich | Erin Brockovich* |
| Almost Famous | Almost Famous |
| Best In Show | Gladiator+ |
| Billy Elliot | Billy Elliot |
| You Can Count On Me | You Can Count On Me |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* |
| Chocolat | Chocolat* |
| High Fidelity | O Brother Where Art Thou? |
| Traffic | Traffic* |
| Wonder Boys | Wonder Boys |
| 1999 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| American Beauty | American Beauty+ |
| Being John Malkovich | Being John Malkovich |
| Magnolia | Magnolia |
| The Sixth Sense | The Sixth Sense* |
| Three Kings | Topsy-Turvy |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| The Cider House Rules | The Cider House Rules* |
| Election | Election |
| The Insider | The Insider* |
| October Sky | The Green Mile* |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | The Talented Mr. Ripley |
| 1998 | |
| Original WGA | Oscars |
| Bulworth | Bulworth |
| The Opposite of Sex | Life Is Beautiful * |
| Shakespeare In Love* | Shakespeare In Love+ |
| Saving Private Ryan | Saving Private Ryan* |
| The Truman Show | The Truman Show |
| Adapted WGA | Oscars |
| Gods and Monsters | Gods and Monsters |
| A Civil Action | The Thin Red Line* |
| Primary Colors | Primary Colors |
| A Simple Plan | A Simple Plan |
| Out Of Sight* | Out Of Sight |
WINNERS CHART
+Won Best Picture
*nominated for Best Pic
WGA | OSCAR
| 2009: The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker+ |
| Up in the Air | Precious+ |
| 2008: Slumdog Millionaire | Slumdog Millionaire+ |
| Milk | Milk* |
| 2007: No Country for Old Men | No Country for Old Men+ |
| Juno | Juno* |
| 2006: The Departed | The Departed+ |
| Little Miss Sunshine | Little Miss Sunshine* |
| 2005:Brokeback Mountain | Brokeback Mountain* |
| Crash | Crash+ |
| 2004: Eternal Sunshine | Eternal Sunshine |
| Sideways | Sideways* |
| 2003: Lost in Translation | Lost in Translation* |
| American Splendor | Return of the King+ |
| 2002: The Hours* | The Pianist* |
| Bowling for Columbine | Talk to Her |
| 2001: A Beautiful Mind | A Beautiful Mind+ |
| Gosford Park | Gosford Park* |
| 2000: Traffic | Traffic* |
| You Can Count on Me | Almost Famous |
| 1999: American Beauty | American Beauty+ |
| Election | The Cider House Rules* |
| 1998:Shakespeare in Love | Shakespeare in Love+ |
| Out of Sight | Gods and Monsters |
| 1997: L.A. Confidential | L.A. Confidential* |
| As Good as it Gets | Good Will Hunting* |
| 1996: Sling Blade | Sling Blade |
| Fargo | Fargo* |
| 1995: Braveheart | The Usual Suspects |
| Sense and Sensibility | Sense and Sensibility* |
| 1994: Forrest Gump | Forrest Gump+ |
| Four Weddings/Funeral | Pulp Fiction* |
| 1993: Schindler’s List | Schindler’s List+ |
| The Piano | The Piano* |
| 1992: The Crying Game | The Crying Game * |
| The Player | Howards End* |
| 1991: The Silence of the Lambs | The Silence of the Lambs+ |
| Thelma and Louise | Thelma and Louise |
| 1990: Dances with Wolves | Dances with Wolves+ |
| Avalon | Ghost* |
| 1989: Driving Miss Daisy | Driving Miss Daisy+ |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Dead Poets Society* |
| 1988: Dangerous Liaisons | Dangerous Liaisons* |
| Bull Durham | Rain Man+ |
| 1987: Roxanne | The Last Emperor+ |
| Moonstruck | Moonstruck* |
| 1986: A Room with a View | A Room with a View* |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Hannah and her Sisters* |
| 1985: Witness | Witness* |
| Prizzi’s Honor | Out of Africa+ |
| 1984: The Killing Fields | Amadeus+ |
| Broadway Danny Rose | Places in the Heart* |
| 1983: Tender Mercies | Tender Mercies* |
| Reuben, Reuben | Terms of Endearment+ |
| 1982: Missing | Missing* |
| Tootsie | Gandhi+ |
| 1981: Reds | Chariots of Fire+ |
| On Golden Pond | On Golden Pond * |
| Rich and Famous | |
| Arthur | |
| 1980:Ordinary People | Ordinary People+ |
| Airplane, Private Benjamin | |
| Melvin and Howard | Melvin and Howard |
| 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer | Kramer Vs. Kramer+ |
| Breaking Away | Breaking Away* |
| The China Syndrome, Being There | |
| 1978: Midnight Express | Midnight Express* |
| Coming Home | Coming Home* |
| Heaven Can Wait | |
| Movie, Movie | |
| 1977: Annie Hall | Annie Hall+ |
| Julia | Julia* |
| The Turning Point, Oh, God | |
| 1976: All the President’s Men | All The President’s Men* |
| Network | Network* |
| Pink Panther Strikes Again | |
| 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest+ |
| Dog Day Afternoon | Dog Day Afternoon* |
| The Sunshine Boys | |
| Shampoo | |
| 1974: Godfather Part II | Godfather Part II+ |
| Chinatown | Chinatown* |
| Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | |
| Blazing Saddles | |
| 1973: A Touch of Class | The Exorcist* |
| Save the Tiger, Paper Moon | The Sting+ |
| Serpico | |
| 1972: The Godfather | The Godfather+ |
| The Candidate | The Candidate |
| What’s Up, Doc? Cabaret | |
| 1971: The French Connection | The French Connection+ |
| The Hospital | The Hospital |
| Kotch; Sunday, Bloody, Sunday | |
| 1970: Patton | Patton+ |
| M*A*S*H | M*A*S*H* |
| I Never Sang for My Father, The Out-of Towners | |
| 1969: Midnight Cowboy | Midnight Cowboy+ |
| Butch Cassidy | Butch Cassidy/Sundance Kid * |
| Goodbye, Columbus; Bob, Ted, Carol and Alice | |
| 1968:Lion in Winter | The Lion in Winter* |
| The Producers | The Producers |
| Funny Girl, Odd Couple | |
| 1967: The Graduate | In the Heat of the Night+ |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Guess Who’s Coming… * |
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
| 1966: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? | A Man for All Seasons+ |
| The Russians are Coming | A Man and a Woman |
| 1965: A Thousand Clowns | Dr. Zhivago* |
| The Sound of Music, The Pawnbroker | Darling* |
| 1964: Becket | Becket |
| Dr. Strangelove, Mary Poppins | Father Goose |
| 1963: Hud | Tom Jones+ |
| Lillies of the Field | How the West Was Won |
| 1962: The Kill a Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird * |
| That Touch of Mink, Music Man | Divorce Italian Style |
| 1961: the Hustler | Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Breakfast at Tiffany’s, West Side Story | Splendor in the Grass |
| 1960: The Apartment | The Apartment+ |
| Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry |
| The Bells are Ringing | |
| 1959: The Diary of Anne Frank | Room at the Top * |
| Some Like it Hot, Five Pennies | Pillow Talk |
| 1958: Gigi | Gigi+ |
| The Defiant Ones | The Defiant Ones |
| Me and the Colonel | |
| 1957: 12 Angry Men | Bridge on the River Kwai+ |
| Love in the Afternoon | Designing Women |
| Les Girls | |
| 1956: Around world/80 Days | Around world/80 Days+ |
| The King and I | The red Balloon |
| Friendly Persuasion | |
| 1955: Marty | Marty+ |
| Mr. Roberts | Interrupted Melody |
| Love Me/Leave Me | |
| 1954: On the Waterfront | On the Waterfront+ |
| Sabrina, Seven Brides/Seven Bros. | The Country Girl |
| 1953: From Here to Eternity | From Here to Eternity+ |
| Lili, Roman Holiday | Titanic |
| 1952: High Noon, The Quiet Man | Lavender Hill Mob |
| Singing in the Rain | Bad and Beautiful |
| 1951: An American in Paris | An American in Paris+ |
| A Place in the Sun | A Place in the Sun* |
| Father’s Little Dividend | |
| 1950: All About Eve | All About Eve+ |
| Sunset Boulevard | Sunset Boulevard * |
| Broken Arrow, Annie Get Your Gun | |
| 1949: All the King’s Men | All the King’s Men+ |
| A Letter to Three Wives, on the Town | Battleground* |
| 1958: The Snake Pit | Treasure of the Sierra Madre* |
| Sitting Pretty, Easter Parade |
