Golden Globes 2010 Predictions – Best Screenplay
Golden Globes 2010 Predictions – Best Screenplay
Jane Campion, Bright Star (above, Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw)
A poet’s brief and tragic love affair
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (above, Paula Patton)
An illiterate pregnant teen, her teacher, her social worker & her mother
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, The Lovely Bones (above, Saoirse Ronan)
A murdered girl among angels and her murderer among us
Anthony Peckham, Invictus (above, Morgan Freeman)
One Nation Under Rugby
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air (above, Anna Kendrick, George Clooney)
A professional downsizer is grounded, but love is up in the clouds
Oftentimes, a film that doesn’t make it into the Golden Globes‘ Best Picture – Drama or Best Picture – Comedy or Musical shortlist, ends up nominated in the Best Screenplay (original or adapted) category, e.g., You Can Count on Me, Memento, Far from Heaven, Crash, Notes on a Scandal, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Those are almost invariably smaller films, and that’s why I believe that Jane Campion’s Bright Star — romantic, tragic, gorgeous — will make the cut this year. That is, unless Hollywood Foreign Press Association members decide to pick a writer-director star: in that case, Quentin Tarantino would be in for Inglourious Basterds.
True, the Lovely Bones screenwriters — whom I have listed above — have been criticized by some for diluting the original novel, but there seems to be enough appreciation for the film to guarantee them at least a nomination. In fact, there’s no rule, written or otherwise, that stipulates that only films with 100% approval ratings can get nominated for the year’s top awards. I mean, look at the Oscars: Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Crash, etc. etc. were greeted by — at best — mixed reviews.
Other strong best screenplay possibilities are: Nick Hornby, An Education (above, with Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper); Michael Tolkin, Anthony Minghella, Nine; Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker; and Nora Ephron, Julie & Julia.
And here are some more: Scott Z. Burns, The Informant!; Peter Straughan, The Men Who Stare at Goats; Michael Hoffman, The Last Station; Joe Penhall, The Road; and Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated.
Less likely but not impossible: Woody Allen, Whatever Works; John Lee Hancock, The Blind Side.
I should add that it’s been reported that Rob Marshall’s Nine is not another Chicago. I’d have thought that would be a good thing, but apparently the comparison isn’t supposed to be taken as a compliment.
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Tags: An Education, Bright Star, Film Awards, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2010, Invictus, Jane Campion, Peter Jackson, Precious, Quentin Tarantino, The Lovely Bones, Up in the Air
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