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2002 Best Screenplay

Charlie Kaufman 

Adaptation  Confessions of a Dangerous Mind  Human Nature 

2001 Best Screenplay

Rob Festinger  Todd Field 

In The Bedroom 

2000 Best Screenplay

Ted Tally 

All the Pretty Horses 

1999 Best Screenplay

John Irving 

The Cider House Rules 

1999 Best Screenplay

Arthur Laurents 

Career Achievement 

1998 Best Screenplay

Scott B. Smith 

A Simple Plan 

1995 Best Screenplay

Betty Comden  Adolph Green 

Career Achievement 

1994 Best Screenplay

William Goldman 

Career Achievement 

1951 Best Screenplay

T.E.B. Clarke 

The Lavender Hill Mob  

1949 Best Screenplay

Graham Greene 

The Fallen Idol 

1948 Best Screenplay

John Huston 

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 

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