Zapped: King’s Speech, Winter’s Bone Not Eligible for WGA

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+
MAS*H	MASH
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