50th Writers Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for writing of 1997

50th WGA Awards

Date| 21 February 1998
Organized by| Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

* ← 49th
* WGA Awards
* 51st →

The 50th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on 21 February 1998, honored the best writers in film and television of 1997.

## Film

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### Best Adapted Screenplay

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L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland †

* Donnie Brasco – Paul Attanasio
* The Ice Storm – James Schamus
* Wag the Dog – Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
* The Wings of the Dove – Hossein Amini

### Best Original Screenplay

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As Good as It Gets – Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks

* Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson
* The Full Monty – Simon Beaufoy
* Good Will Hunting – Matt Damon and Ben Affleck †
* Titanic – James Cameron

## Television

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### Best Episodic Drama

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"Entrapment" - Law & Order \- Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren

* "Whose Appy Now?" - ER \- Neal Baer
* "Deadbeat" - Law & Order \- Ed Zuckerman and I. C. Rapoport

### Best Episodic Comedy

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"The Fatigues" - Seinfeld \- Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin

* "The Puppy Episode" - Ellen \- Mark Driscoll, Dana Savel, Tracey Newman, Jonathan Stark and Ellen DeGeneres
* "The Impossible Dream" - Frasier \- Rob Greenberg
* "The Chicken Roaster" - Seinfeld \- Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer
* "The Bizarro Jerry" - Seinfeld \- David Mandel
* "Ellen, Or Isn't She?" - The Larry Sanders Show \- Judd Apatow, John Markus and Garry Shandling
* "The Book" - The Larry Sanders Show \- Maya Forbes

1997 Daytime Serials Winner- General Hospital: Claire Labine; Matthew Labine; Robert Guza, Jr.; Karen Harris; Michele Val Jean; Meg Bennett; Ralph Ellis; Mary Ryan; Jane Atkins; Stephanie Braxton; Judith Pinsker; Lynda Myles; Elizabeth Korte; Patrick Mulcahey; Lisa Lieberman

Other Nominees: All My Children: Agnes Nixon; Lorraine Broderick; Hal Corley; Fredrick Johnson; Gail Lawrence; Jeff Beldner; Christina Covino; Courtney Sherman; Millee Taggart; Karen Lewis; Elizabeth Smith; Michelle Patrick; Bettina F. Bradbury; Judith Donato; Kathleen Klein; Jane Owen Murphy

## References

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* WGA - Previous award winners

† indicates the winners of the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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* New Series
* Children's Script

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* Paul Selvin Award
* Valentine Davies Award
* Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award
* Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
* Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
* Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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