The Writers’ Say

The Writers Guild of America has nominated Woody Allen for the 19th time for his thoroughly enjoyable Vicky Cristina Barcelona in its original screenplay category, joining fellow contenders the Coen brother (Burn After Reading), Milk’s Dustin Lance Black, Tom McCarthy (The Visitor), and The Wrestler’s Robert Siegel.

Up for the WGA’s top honor of 2008 for best adapted screenplay are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Eric Roth), The Dark Knight (Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan), Doubt (John Patrick Shanley), Frost/Nixon (Peter Morgan), and Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy), which just last night picked up a Best Screenplay award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

Photo: The Weinstein Company (Vicky Cristina Barcelona).