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'Slumdog Millionaire' wins top screenwriting honors
2009-02-08
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Rags-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire" continued its sweep through the Hollywood movie industry awards, on Saturday winning top honors for an adapted screenplay. The Writers Guild of America honored the film, along with the biographical drama "Milk," at its annual award ceremony for film writing. The honor further cements frontrunner Oscar status for "Slumdog" which is based on the novel "Q&A" by Vikas Swarup. The film has collected 10 Oscar nominations. Other films nominated for the screen writers award were "Doubt," "Milk,, "Frost/Nixon" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." "Slumdog Millionaire" also on Saturday won top honors from the Producers Guild of America Awards. The film is considered a leading contender to collected an armful of gold statuettes at the February 22 award ceremony, including possible best picture honors.
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