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29th Writers Guild of America Awards

1977 · 20 nominations · 4 winners · 2 categories

Best Original Screenplay 10
The Bad News Bears poster

The Bad News Bears

Bill Lancaster

The Bad News Bears

Winner

Network poster

Network

Paddy Chayefsky

Network

Winner

Silver Streak poster

Silver Streak

Colin Higgins

Silver Streak

The Omen poster

The Omen

David Seltzer

The Omen

Silent Movie poster

Silent Movie

Mel Brooks

Silent Movie

Murder by Death poster

Murder by Death

Neil Simon

Murder by Death

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Paul Mazursky

Taxi Driver poster

Taxi Driver

Paul Schrader

Taxi Driver

Rocky poster

Rocky

Sylvester Stallone

Rocky

The Front poster

The Front

Walter Bernstein

The Front

Best Adapted Screenplay 9
The Pink Panther Strikes Again poster

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Frank Waldman

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Winner

All the President's Men

All the President's Men

William Goldman, William Goldman

Winner

Stay Hungry poster

Stay Hungry

Charles Gaines

Stay Hungry

Family Plot poster

Family Plot

Ernest Lehman

Family Plot

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

Hal Barwood

The Shootist poster

The Shootist

Miles Hood Swarthout

The Shootist

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution poster

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Nicholas Meyer

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Bound for Glory poster

Bound for Glory

Robert Getchell

Bound for Glory

The Ritz poster

The Ritz

Terrence McNally

The Ritz