Writers Guild of America Awards

1978 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerJuliaAlvin SargentAt the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.Amazon1978 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesI Never Promised You a Rose GardenGavin LambertAmazonIslands in the StreamDenne Bart PetitclercAmazonLooking for Mr. GoodbarRichard BrooksAmazon

1977 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerAll the President's MenWilliam Goldman"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.Amazon1977 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesBound for GloryRobert GetchellAmazonMarathon ManWilliam GoldmanAmazonThe Seven-Per-Cent SolutionNicholas MeyerAmazonThe ShootistMiles Hood SwarthoutAmazon

1976 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestLawrence HaubenA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.Amazon1976 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesBarry LyndonStanley KubrickAmazonJawsPeter BenchleyAmazonThe Man in the Glass BoothEdward AnhaltAmazonThe Man Who Would Be KingJohn HustonAmazon

1975 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerThe Godfather: Part IIFrancis Ford CoppolaThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.Amazon1975 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesConrackIrving RavetchAmazonLennyJulian BarryAmazonThe Parallax ViewDavid GilerAmazonThe Taking of Pelham One Two ThreePeter StoneAmazon

1974 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerSerpicoWaldo SaltAn honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.Amazon1974 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesCinderella LibertyDarryl PonicsanAmazonThe ExorcistWilliam Peter BlattyAmazonThe Last DetailRobert TowneAmazonThe Paper ChaseJames BridgesAmazon

1973 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerThe GodfatherMario PuzoThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.Amazon1973 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesDeliveranceJames DickeyAmazonPete 'n' TillieJulius J. EpsteinAmazonSlaughterhouse-FiveStephen GellerAmazonSounderLonne Elder IIIAmazon

1972 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerThe French ConnectionErnest TidymanA pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.Amazon1972 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesA Clockwork OrangeStanley KubrickAmazonJohnny Got His GunDalton TrumboAmazonMcCabe & Mrs. MillerRobert AltmanAmazonThe Last Picture ShowLarry McMurtryAmazon

1971 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerI Never Sang for My FatherRobert AndersonA man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering shadow of his aging father.Amazon1971 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesAirportGeorge SeatonAmazonCatch-22Buck HenryAmazonLittle Big ManCalder WillinghamAmazonThe Great White HopeHoward SacklerAmazon

1970 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerMidnight CowboyWaldo SaltA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.Amazon1970 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesAnne of the Thousand DaysJohn HaleAmazonThe Prime of Miss Jean BrodieJay Presson AllenAmazonThey Shoot Horses, Don't They?James PoeAmazonTrue GritMarguerite RobertsAmazon