- A lingering strike haven't kept the Writers Gild of America from naming the noms for the Best Original, Adapted Screenplays and Best Documentary screenplays of the year. A quick overview of the noms below shows that studio-based indie division delivered in quantity and quality. Here are the noms below for those who create narratives on paper. Winners are announced on February 9th. Original Screenplay"Juno" - Written by Diablo Cody, Fox Searchlight"Michael Clayton" - Written by Tony Gilroy, Warner Bros. Pictures"The Savages" - Written by Tamara Jenkins, Fox Searchlight"Knocked Up" - Written by Judd Apatow, Universal Pictures"Lars and the Real Girl" - Written by Nancy Oliver, MGM Adapted Screenplay"No Country For Old Men" - Screenplay by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Based on the Novel by Cormac McCarthy, Miramax"There Will Be Blood" - Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, Based on the Novel Oil by Upton Sinclair,
- 1/11/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Nominees for the Writers Guild of America Awards have been announced, with a few suprises and notable omissions. Original Screenplay nods went to four comedies -- Juno, Knocked Up, Lars and the Real Girl, and The Savages -- and one drama, Michael Clayton, while the films up for Adapted Screenplay are four critical favorites -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood -- and one surprising left-field contender, the thriller Zodiac, released back in March. Missing from contention were such high-profile films as Atonement, Charlie Wilson's War, and Sweeney Todd, which were also passed over for the Directors Guild of America awards. Documentary nominees were The Camden 28, Nanking, No End in Sight, The Rape of Europa, Sicko and Taxi to the Dark Side. The WGA Awards will be handed out on Saturday, February 9th.
- 1/10/2008
- WENN
First Run Features
NEW YORK -- A timely reminder of a little-known historical event, The Camden 28 documents the story of 28 members of the so-called "Catholic Left", including four Catholic priests and a Lutheran minister, who were put on trial on charges of breaking into a draft board office in 1971. The film is playing at New York's Cinema Village.
Considering the current political and religious climate, it's hard to believe that there even was a thing like the Catholic Left. The titular group, based in the economically depressed town of Camden, N.J., felt strongly about the essential immorality of the war in Vietnam, convinced that, among other things, it was a form of racial and social discrimination.
They thus planned to break into the local draft board office and destroy its files and documents. What they didn't realize was that they were being tracked by the FBI: Indeed, one of their participants was an undercover FBI agent who actively encouraged and helped in the scheme.
The resulting 1973 trial, which Supreme Court justice William Brennan declared "one of the great trials of the 20th century," became a political firestorm, with the defense essentially making the war the central issue. The group eventually was found not guilty because of the FBI's entrapment, representing the first legal victory for the anti-war movement.
Director Anthony Giacchino doesn't always relate the tale in the clearest fashion, but his sometimes overly emotional approach, including the use of a bombastic musical score and unnecessary footage of a 2002 reunion of the group, doesn't detract from its essential fascination. Particularly interesting are the interviews with the FBI agent who infiltrated their ranks, who has shifted his viewpoint strikingly in the intervening years.
NEW YORK -- A timely reminder of a little-known historical event, The Camden 28 documents the story of 28 members of the so-called "Catholic Left", including four Catholic priests and a Lutheran minister, who were put on trial on charges of breaking into a draft board office in 1971. The film is playing at New York's Cinema Village.
Considering the current political and religious climate, it's hard to believe that there even was a thing like the Catholic Left. The titular group, based in the economically depressed town of Camden, N.J., felt strongly about the essential immorality of the war in Vietnam, convinced that, among other things, it was a form of racial and social discrimination.
They thus planned to break into the local draft board office and destroy its files and documents. What they didn't realize was that they were being tracked by the FBI: Indeed, one of their participants was an undercover FBI agent who actively encouraged and helped in the scheme.
The resulting 1973 trial, which Supreme Court justice William Brennan declared "one of the great trials of the 20th century," became a political firestorm, with the defense essentially making the war the central issue. The group eventually was found not guilty because of the FBI's entrapment, representing the first legal victory for the anti-war movement.
Director Anthony Giacchino doesn't always relate the tale in the clearest fashion, but his sometimes overly emotional approach, including the use of a bombastic musical score and unnecessary footage of a 2002 reunion of the group, doesn't detract from its essential fascination. Particularly interesting are the interviews with the FBI agent who infiltrated their ranks, who has shifted his viewpoint strikingly in the intervening years.
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