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Academy Awards Win: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) Win: Dustin Lance Black, Milk (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: David Hare, The Reader (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-up: John Patrick Shanley, Doubt (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-up: Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-up: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-up: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: Martin McDonagh, In Bruges (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter , WALL-E (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River (Best Original Screenplay) Boston Film Critics Win: Dustin Lance Black, Milk Broadcast Film Critics Association Win: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire Nominee: Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominee: Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon Nominee: John Patrick Shanley, Doubt Nominee: Dustin Lance Black, Milk Chicago Film Critics Win: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) Win: Andrew Stanton, WALL-E (Best Original Screenplay) Win: Jim Reardon, WALL-E (Best Original Screenplay) Nominee: Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon (Best Adapted Screenplay) Nominee: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan , The Dark Knight (Best Adapted Screenplay) Nominee: Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Best Adapted Screenplay) Nominee: John Patrick Shanley, Doubt (Best Adapted Screenplay) Nominee: Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York (Best Original Screenplay) Nominee: Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married (Best Original Screenplay) Nominee: Martin McDonagh, In Bruges (Best Original Screenplay) Nominee: Dustin Lance Black, Milk (Best Original Screenplay) Dallas Fort Worth Critics Win: Dustin Lance Black, Milk Runner-Up: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire Golden Globes Win: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire Nominee: John Patrick Shanley, Doubt Nominee: David Hare, The Reader Nominee: Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominee: Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon Golden Satellites Win: Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon (Best Adapted Screenplay) Win: Thomas McCarthy, The Visitor (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: David Hare, The Reader (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-up: John Patrick Shanley, Doubt (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-up: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-up: Justin Haythe, Revolutionary Road (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-up: Dustin Lance Black, Milk (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: Philip Roth, Elegy (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: Baz Luhrmann, Stuart Battie, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan , Australia (Best Original Screenplay) Los Angeles Film Critics Win: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York National Board of Review Win: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) Win: Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Best Adapted Screenplay) Win: Nick Schenk, Gran Torino (Best Original Screenplay) National Society of Film Critics Win: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky New York Film Critics Win: Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married Online Film Critics Association Win: John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In (Best Adapted Screenplay) Win: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon , WALL-E (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-Up: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan , The Dark Knight (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-Up: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-Up: Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-Up: Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-Up: Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-Up: Dustin Lance Black, Milk (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-Up: Martin McDonagh, In Bruges (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-Up: Robert D. Siegel, The Wrestler (Best Original Screenplay) Southeastern Film Critics Association Win: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) Win: Dustin Lance Black, Milk (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-up: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Best Adapted Screenplay) Runner-up: Robert D. Siegel, The Wrestler (Best Original Screenplay) Spirit Awards Win: Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Nominee: Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York Nominee: Ryan Fleck, Sugar Nominee: Anna Boden, Sugar Nominee: Howard A. Rodman, Savage Grace Nominee: Christopher Zalla, Sangre De Mi Sangre Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association Win: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) Win: Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married (Best Original Screenplay)

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