The writers of ‘Her’ and ‘Captain Phillips’ were given top honors by their peers recently at the annual Writers Guild Awards, a strong predictor of success in the screenplay categories at the Oscars in a month’s time.
Spike Jonze won the best original screenplay award for ‘Her’, a tale set in the near future about a man in a romantic relationship with a lifelike computer operating system.
“It’s a high honor coming from writers,” Jonze, 44, who also directed the film, said accepting the prize.
“I was thinking about how in a way it’s like an award for pain,” he added. “It’s a specific pain that writers know and it’s the highs and lows of sitting in there by yourself.” Read More On MSN
'Her' and 'Captain Phillips' take top Writers Guild Awards
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