40th Writers Guild of America Awards

40th WGA Awards
40th WGA Awards
Date	1988
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, West
	← 39th; WGA Awards; 41st →;

The 40th

film writers of 1987. Winners were announced in 1988.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay

Moonstruck, Written by John Patrick Shanley
Broadcast News, Written by James L. Brooks

Hope and Glory, Written by John Boorman

Radio Days, Written by Woody Allen

The Last Emperor, Written by Mark Peploe, and Bernardo Bertolucci

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Roxanne, Screenplay by Steve Martin; based on the play by Edmond Rostand
Full Metal Jacket, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford; based on the novel "The Short Timers" by Gustav Hasford

Fatal Attraction, Screenplay by James Dearden; based on his short film

The Princess Bride, Screenplay by William Goldman; based on the book by William Goldman

The Untouchables, Screenplay by David Mamet; based on the book by Oscar Fraley, and Eliot Ness

Television

Episodic Comedy

"A, My Name Is Alex" – Family Ties (NBC) – Gary David Goldberg, and Alan Uger

"Here's Why Cosmetics Should Come in Unbreakable Bottles" – The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (NBC) – Jay Tarses

"Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" – The Golden Girls (NBC) – Barry Fanaro, and Mort Nathan
"Never Love a Goalie: Part I – Cheers (NBC) – Ken Levine, and David Isaacs

"My Back Pages" – Family Ties (NBC) – Ruth Bennett

"Contempt of Courting" – Night Court (NBC) – Tom Straw

"A Piece of Cake" – The Golden Girls (NBC) – Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman, Mort Nathan, and Barry Fanaro

Episodic Drama

"Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 1" – Cagney & Lacey (CBS) – Georgia Jeffries

"It's a Wonderful Job" – Moonlighting (ABC) – Debra Frank, and Carl Sautter
"More Skinned Against Than Skinning" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – David Black

"Fathers and Guns" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – Jeffrey Lewis, and Jerry Patrick Brown

"The Venus Butterfly" – L.A. Law (NBC) – Steven Bochco, and Terry Louise Fisher

"Fry Me to the Moon" – L.A. Law (NBC) – Jacob Epstein, Marshall Goldberg, and David E. Kelley

"Big Man on Mulberry Street" – Moonlighting (ABC) – Karen Hall

"Atomic Shakespeare" – Moonlighting (ABC) – Ron Osborn, and Jeff Reno

"A Room with a View" – St. Elsewhere (NBC) – Channing Gibson, John Masius, and Tom Fontana

Daytime Serials

Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Steve Lehrman, David Appel
Days of Our Lives (NBC) – Sheri Anderson, Leah Laiman, Anne Schoettle, Thom Racina, M.M. Shelly Moore, Dena Higley, Richard J. Allen, Linda Campanelli, Maralyn Thoma, Michelle Poteet Lisanti, Peggi Schibi, Penina Spiegel, Ted Kubiak

Anthology Episode/Single Program

There Were Times, Dear – Harry Cauley
"A Mistaken Charity" – American Playhouse (PBS) – Lawrence DuKore, and C.R. Portz

"Everybody Needs a Little Love" – Tales from the Darkside (Paramount Television) – John Harrison

"The Storyteller/Nightsong" – The Twilight Zone (CBS) – Rockne S. O'Bannon

"The Card/The Junction" – The Twilight Zone (CBS) – Virginia Aldridge

Long Form – Original

Adapted Long Form

Escape from Sobibor (CBS) – Reginald Rose
Prison for Children (CBS) – Christopher Knopf

Children's Show

"An Enemy Among Us" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Joseph Maurer
"Juvi" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Joanna Lee

"Young Harry Houdini" –
Wonderful World of Disney (ABC) – James Orr

Variety – Musical, Award, Tribute, Special Event

Will Rogers: Look Back in Laughter – Bennet Tramer
19th Annual NAACP Image Award – Daryl G. Nickens, Rita Cash, and Royce Osborn Jr.

Documentary

Documentary – Other than Current Events

The Grizzlies (PBS) – Theodore Thomas

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Harriet Frank Jr., and Irving Ravetch

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf

Valentine Davies Award

Lois Preyser

Morgan Cox Award

Daniel Taradash

References

^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1988)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

External links

WGA.org

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Writers Guild of America Awards
Film Awards

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay

Best Documentary Screenplay

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New Media Awards

Animation

Comedy Series

Comedy/Variety Talk Series

Comedy/Variety Specials

Comedy/Variety Sketch Series

Daytime Serials

Drama Series

Episodic Comedy

Episodic Drama

Long Form – Adapted

Long Form – Original

Short Form New Media

New Series

Children's Script

Documentary Script – Current Events

Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events

Special Awards

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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[1] "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

[2] "Writers Guild of America, USA (1988)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

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