41st Writers Guild of America Awards

41st WGA Awards
41st WGA Awards
Date	1989
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, West
	← 40th; WGA Awards; 42nd →;

The 41st

film writers of 1988. Winners were announced in 1989.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay

Bull Durham, Written by Ron Shelton
A Fish Called Wanda, Written by John Cleese, and Charles Crichton

Big, Written by Gary Ross, and Anne Spielberg

Rain Man, Written by Ronald Bass, and Barry Morrow; story by Barry Morrow

Working Girl, Written by Kevin Wade

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Dangerous Liaisons, Screenplay by Christopher Hampton; based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos
Gorillas in the Mist, Screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan, and Tan Murphy; based on the work by Dian Fossey, and the article of Harold T.P. Hayes

The Accidental Tourist, Screenplay by Frank Galati, and Lawrence Kasdan; based on the book by Anne Tyler

The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière, and Philip Kaufman; based on the novel by Milan Kundera

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Screenplay by Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman; based on the novel by Gary K. Wolf

Television

Episodic Comedy

"My Father's Office" –
Carol Black, and Neal Marlens

"The Way We Were" – Family Ties (NBC) – Gary David Goldberg

"No Hard Feelings" – Night Court (NBC) – Tom Straw

"Old Friends" – The Golden Girls (NBC) – Kathy Speer, and Terry Grossman

"Episode #1.1." – The Slap Maxwell Story (ABC) – Jay Tarses

"Pilot" – The Wonder Years (ABC) – Neal Marlens, and Carol Black

Episodic Drama

"Therapy" – Thirtysomething (ABC) – Susan Shilliday
"Thirtysomething" – Thirtysomething (ABC) – Marshall Herskovitz, and Edward Zwick

"Home" – China Beach (ABC) – William Broyles Jr.

"Full Marital Jacket" – L.A. Law (NBC) – Terry Louise Fisher, David E. Kelley, and Steven Bochco

"A Moon for the Misbegotten" – St. Elsewhere (NBC) – Tom Fontana, John Tinker, and Channing Gibson

"Nice Work If You Can Get It" – Thirtysomething (ABC) – Paul Haggis, and Jean Vallely

Daytime Serials

Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Dave Appell, Rocco Bufano, Matt Labine
Guiding Light (CBS) – Pamela K. Long, Nancy Williams Watt, Stephen Demorest, Trent Jones, Melissa Salmons, Pete T. Rich, Nancy Curlee, N. Gail Lawrence, Richard Culliton, Nancy Franklin

Anthology Episode/Single Program

"Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson" – Great Performances – Andy Wolk
"There Was a Little Girl (Daddy's Girl) – Alfred Hitchcock Presents (NBC) – Charles Grant Craig

"Mad Avenue" – CBS Summer Playhouse (CBS) – Christopher Knopf, and David A. Simons

Original Long Form

God Bless the Child (ABC) – Dennis Nemec
My Father, My Son (CBS) – Jacqueline Feather, and David Seidler

The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (NBC) – Norman Morrill

Adapted Long Form

"Foxfire" – Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS) – Susan Cooper

"Part 1" – Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (ABC) – Jacqueline Feather, and David Seidler
A Friendship of Vienna (NBC) – Richard Alfieri

Children's Show

"The Secret Garden" – Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS) – Blanche Hanalis
"Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Victoria Hochberg

"The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Joanna Lee

"Gangs" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Paul W. Cooper

"Home Sweet Homeless" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Kathryn J. Montgomery

A Mouse, A Mystery and Me (NBC) – Everett Greenbaum, Harvey Bullock, Jim Shorts and Chris Solada

Variety – Musical, Award, Tribute, Special Event

A Muppet Family Christmas – Jerry Juhl

Family Comedy Hour – Jack Elinson, Jay Leno, Marvin Silbermintz, Jay Teitzell, Ted Herrmann, Wayne Kline

Documentary

Documentary – Current Events

"Apartheid Part 5: 1987" – Frontline (PBS) – Irv Drasnin

Documentary – Other than Current Events

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (ABC) – George Stevens Jr.

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Ring Lardner Jr.

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

Hal Kanter

Valentine Davies Award

Garson Kanin, and Michael Kanin

Morgan Cox Award

Robert I. Holt

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 (1989)". 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 (1989)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

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