..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Kim Voynar
..Michael Wilmington

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xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress
xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Rk	LW	Writer(s) - Film	Comment
1	1	Crash - Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco (GG)	The one potential win.
2	2	Good Night. And, Good Luck - George Clooney, Grant Heslov (GG)	Could win as a going away present
3	3	Match Point - Woody Allen	Strong, but not truly great
4	5	The Family Stone - Thomas Bezucha	A very complex, well-respected script
5	4	The Squid & The Whale - Noah Baumbach	The indie player
6	6	Mrs. Henderson Presents - Martin Sherman	Could move up with the movie
7	7	Hustle & Flow - Craig Brewer	First time up to bat
8	8	The New World - Terence Malick	Not much dialogue

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Rk	LW	Writer(s) - Film	Comment
1	1	Munich - Tony Kushner, Eric Roth (GG)	The most complex of the assignments
2	2	Walk The Line - Gill Dennis & James Mangold	Solid, but limited by perception of it as a "performance movie"
3	3	Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana (GG)	Veyr similar to the short story
4	6	The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine	Takes Le Carre somewhere unexpected
5	11	King Kong - Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Peter Jackson	How did they make it work?
5	4	Capote - Dan Futterman	Still possible... movie needs muscle
6	7	Syriana - Stephen Gaghan	The most confusing script... will that translate to respect?
7	6	Memoirs of a Geisha - Robin Swicord	Fading movie under weight of direction
8	8	A History Of Violence - Josh Olson	Olson and Cronenberg have made this a near-original... but the movie needs to be stronger
9	9	Breakfast On Pluto - Neil Jordan	Movie hasn't caught, but writers may get it
10	10	The Producers - Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan (GG)	Probbaly not adapted enough

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December 8, 2005
- David Poland