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copyright 2008 by Find the Funny
SCREENPLAY CONTEST
FINALISTS
TO BE ANNOUNCED
MONDAY JUNE 2!
Yes, it's really happening. Stay tuned for more news on the 2nd.
The 4th Annual Find the Funny Comedy Screenplay contest is now closed.
Due to the writer's strike, our readers got off to a late start and we are still waiting for some to finish. We hope to announce finalists in late April.
Winners will be announced at the the 4th Annual Find the Funny Awards in early May.
Click here for past winners and finalists.
Last year Jason Reitman snagged the Osgood for Thank You For Smoking.
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Weekend of May 30-June 1, 2008
1. Sex and the City
2. What Happens in Vegas
3. Baby Mama
4. Made of Honor
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
6. The Visitor
7. Harold & Kumar II
8. The Forbidden Kingdom
9. Then She Found Me
10. Nim's Island
>>see the full chart
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NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
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| Each year Find the Funny honors the best comedy films of the year by recognizing the writers who make it all possible. Nominees for outstanding achievement in comedy screenwriting during the 2007 season are: |
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THE BUCKET LIST
Written by Justin Zackham
ENCHANTED
Written by Bill Kelly
JUNO
Written by Diablo Cody
KNOCKED UP
Written by Judd Apatow
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Written by Nancy Oliver
WAITRESS
Written by Adrienne Shelly
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ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS
Written by Jon Vitti and Will McRobb & Chris Viscardi
Story by Jon Vitti
Based on characters Alvin & the Chipmunks by Ross Bagdasarian
ARE WE DONE YET?
Written by Hank Nelken
Screen story by Hank Nelken
Characters by Steven Gary Banks & Claudia Grazioso
Based on the screenplay “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”
by Norman Panama & Melvin Frank
CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Based on the book by George Crile
HAIRSPRAY
Written by Leslie Dixon
Based on the 1988 screenplay by John Waters
and the musical play by Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan
THE NANNY DIARIES
Written by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
Based on the novel by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
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BLADES OF GLORY
Written by Jeff Cox & Craig Cox and John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky
Story by Craig Cox & Jeff Cox & Busy Philipps
HOT FUZZ
Written by Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY
Written by Barry Fanaro and Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Treatment by Lew Gallo
SUPERBAD
Written by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
WILD HOGS
Written by Brad Copeland
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ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS
Written by Jon Vitti and Will McRobb & Chris Viscardi
Story by Jon Vitti
Based on characters Alvin & the Chipmunks by Ross Bagdasarian
ENCHANTED
Written by Bill Kelly
THE GAME PLAN
Screenplay by Nichole Millard & Kathryn Price
Story by Nichole Millard & Kathryn Price and Audrey Wells
RATATOUILLE
Screenplay by Brad Bird
Story by Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco and Jan Pinkava
Additional story material by Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg
and Bob Peterson
SHREK THE THIRD
Written by Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman
and Chris Miller & Aron Warner
Story by Andrew Adamson
Additional screenplay material by Andrew Adamson & Walt Dohrn
& John Zack & Howard Michael Gould & Josh Klausner
Additional dialogue by Cody Cameron & Robert Porter
& David P. Smith
From the book "Shrek!" By William Steig
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EAGLE VS. SHARK
Written by Taika Cohen
THE SAVAGES
Written Tamara Jenkins
ROCKET SCIENCE
Written by Jeffrey Blitz
WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY
Written by Goran Dukic
From the short story “Kneller’s Happy Camper” by Etgar Keret
YEAR OF THE DOG
Written by Mike White
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