Oscars: Best Original Screenplay
Filed under: Awards, Lionsgate Films, Oscar Watch, Trophy Hysteric
Nominees:
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash
George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night and Good Luck
Woody Allen, Match Point
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Winner: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash
Despite an over-reliance on big coincidences and nicely dove-tailed moments of dramatic convenience, Crash was named Best Original Screenplay. Paul Haggis chose to give a shout-out to any and all who fight racism, which was very, very Canadian of him. (As a Canadian Scientologist, Paul Haggis may be the most curious creature alive: Dull but exotic, arcane but mundane.) Co-writer Bobby Moresco didn’t get to speak – curse you, Haggis! – but I'm sure he'll cry himself to sleep on a pillow made of the decimal places he can now add to his asking price for a screenplay.
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3-06-2006 @ 1:45AM
bgdc said...
Far from the best script...what a shame. Squid and the Whale and Match Point were both far better scripts. Shane Black's unheralded Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang script was better than the whole lot by a mile. Typical hollywood, they back what's IN, not what's great.
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3-06-2006 @ 12:42PM
David Mulholland said...
I second everything bgdc said. The Crash script had great moments, but they did not add up to a great movie.
What this does show is a lack of original scripts getting made.
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