Woody Allen’s romantic fantasy Midnight in Paris and Alexander Payne’s family drama The Descendants have won top screenplay honours from the Writers Guild of America.
With his biggest hit in decades, writer-director Allen earned the guild’s prize on Sunday for original screenplay on Midnight in Paris. Director Payne shared the adapted screenplay honour with co-writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants stars George Clooney as a Hawaiian dad struggling to tend to his two daughters after a boating accident puts his wife in a coma.
The wins boost the prospects for both films to earn the same prizes at next Sunday’s Academy Awards, where both movies also are in the running for best picture.
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