David Carr at the New York Times is reporting Slumdog Millionaire has won yet another award as screenwriter Simon Beaufoy wins for his adaptation of Vikas Swarup's novel. Here's his report:

Terry George, whose been nominated twice for an Oscar for adapted screenplay (In the Name of the Father, and Hotel Rwanda), first suggested it was an easy task that involved keeping the start and throwing out the middle part, went to say it was actually a murderous challenge, that involved writing a movie for the millions who "have a an image of that piece of work in their mind and try and put those dreams in a bottle."

After listing the nominees – Eric Roth for Button, Christopher Nolan for Dark Knight, John Patrick Shanley for Doubt, Peter Morgan for Frost/Nixon and Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog, he made the unsurprising announcement that Slumdog had won.

Mr. Beaufoy examined the winged sculpture thingie that the WGA gives out and pronounced it "beautiful, and there are many awards out there that are not genuinely beautiful."

Variety brings us the rest of the winners which includes Dustin Lance Black's script for Milk winning best original screenplay while Waltz with Bashir won in the documentary category with a script by Ari Folman. You can get the rest of the winners right here

Related post categories: Those Other Awards : Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Waltz with Bashir

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