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23rd Writers Guild of America Awards

1971 · 19 nominations · 4 winners · 2 categories

Best Original Screenplay 9
Patton poster

Patton

Francis Ford Coppola

Patton

Winner

The Out-of-Towners poster

The Out-of-Towners

Neil Simon

The Out-of-Towners

Winner

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Billy Wilder

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Five Easy Pieces poster

Five Easy Pieces

Carole Eastman (As Adrien Joyce)

Five Easy pieces

Five Easy Pieces poster

Five Easy Pieces

Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce)

Five Easy Pieces

Love Story poster

Love Story

Erich Segal

Love Story

Start the Revolution Without Me

Start the Revolution Without Me

Fred Freeman

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronk

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronk

Gabriel Walsh

The Cheyenne Social Club poster

The Cheyenne Social Club

James Lee Barrett

The Cheyenne Social Club

Best Adapted Screenplay 9
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

Ring Lardner, Jr.

M*A*S*H

Winner

I Never Sang for My Father poster

I Never Sang for My Father

Robert Anderson

I Never Sang for My Father

Winner

Catch-22
Little Big Man poster

Little Big Man

Calder Willingham

Little Big Man

Airport poster

Airport

George Seaton

Airport

The Great White Hope poster

The Great White Hope

Howard Sackler

The Great White Hope

The Twelve Chairs poster

The Twelve Chairs

Mel Brooks

The Twelve Chairs

Lovers and Other Strangers poster

Lovers and Other Strangers

Renée Taylor

Lovers and Other Strangers

Where's Poppa

Where's Poppa

Robert Klane