..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..R.J. Matson
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Michael Wilmington

PictureX Director
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	A nomination lock... regaining power for a win
2	2	Good Night. And, Good Luck - George Clooney, Grant Heslov	How much dialogue of their own? An honor to be there.
3	4	Match Point - Woody Allen	Should make it in a 10 film race
4	3	The Squid & The Whale - Noah Baumbach	The young and up and coming
5	5	Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada - Guillermo Arriaga	They have to go serious, right... not to the more friendly Virgin?
-	6	The 40 Year Old Virgin
-	4	The Family Stone - Thomas Bezucha
-	7	Hustle & Flow - Craig Brewer

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Rk	LW	Writer(s) - Film	Comment
1	1	Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana	Hard to imagine it not winning.
2	6	Capote - Dan Futterman	Strong work... undervalued
3	4	Munich - Tony Kushner, Eric Roth	Solid
4	2	Walk The Line - Gill Dennis & James Mangold	A live narrowed to the best part
5	5	A History Of Violence - Josh Olson	Great work adapting... veyr memorable
-	7	Syriana - Stephen Gaghan	Could move up... but if there is a reason it is not a candidate for more categories, it's teh script
-	3	The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine	Great work... but an unknown writer and a very visual film

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January 11, 2006

- David Poland