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28th Writers Guild of America Awards

1976 · 17 nominations · 4 winners · 2 categories

Best Original Screenplay 8
Dog Day Afternoon poster

Dog Day Afternoon

Frank Pierson

Dog Day Afternoon

Winner

Shampoo poster

Shampoo

Robert Towne

Shampoo

Winner

French Connection II poster

French Connection II

Alexander Jacobs

French Connection II

The Return of the Pink Panther poster

The Return of the Pink Panther

Frank Waldman

The Return of the Pink Panther

Smile 2 poster

Smile 2

Jerry Belson

Smile

Nashville poster

Nashville

Joan Twekesbury

Nashville

The Wind and the Lion poster

The Wind and the Lion

John Milius

The Wind and the Lion

Heats of the West

Heats of the West

Rob Thompson

Best Adapted Screenplay 7
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest poster

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Lawrence Hauben

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Winner

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys

Neil Simon, Neil Simon

Winner

The Man in the Glass Booth poster

The Man in the Glass Booth

Edward Anhalt

The Man in the Glass Booth

Hester Street poster

Hester Street

Joan Micklin Silver

Hester Street

The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King

John Huston, John Huston

Jaws poster

Jaws

Peter Benchley

Jaws

Barry Lyndon poster

Barry Lyndon

Stanley Kubrick

Barry Lyndon