Jim Taylor Articles

SIDEWAYS (2004) Director: Alexander Payne Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor; from Rex Pickett’s novel Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh Oscar Movies Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Sideways DAYS OF WINE AND LOSERS With the 1999 Matthew Broderick-Reese Witherspoon vehicle Election, Alexander Payne displayed a flair for satirical comedy the likes of which would have turned Billy Wilder greener (with [...]

2005 WGA Awards 2005 Writers Guild of America Award winners: Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the Pierre Hotel in New York on February 19, 2005 2005 WGA Award Nominations ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Kate Winslet, Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (top); Paul Giamatti in Sideways (bottom)   THEATRICAL FILMS   Best Original Screenplay The Aviator – [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, The Aviator BEST FILM * THE AVIATOR Michael Mann / Sandy Climan / Graham King / Charles Evans Jr ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Steve Golin / Anthony Bregman FINDING NEVERLAND Richard N. Gladstein / Nellie Bellflower DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA / THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES Michael Nozik / Edgard Tenembaum / Karen Tenkhoff / Walter Salles VERA DRAKE Simon Channing [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, Adam Scott as Hughes’ p.r. man Johnny Meyer, Jude Law as Errol Flynn, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, The Aviator MOTION PICTURES Best Motion Picture – Drama * The Aviator Closer Finding Neverland Hotel Rwanda Kinsey Million Dollar Baby Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Incredibles The Phantom of the Opera Ray [...]