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This post has been corrected, as detailed below.
The scripts of "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook" are among the nominees for Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen in 2012.
Nominees in the original screenplay category are John Gatins for "Flight," Rian Johnson for "Looper," Paul Thomas Anderson for "The Master," Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola for "Moonrise Kingdom" and Mark Boal for "Zero Dark Thirty."
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Vying for adapted screenplay are Chris Terrio for "Argo," based on a selection from "The Master of Disguise" by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired magazine article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman; David Magee for "Life of Pi," based on the novel by Yann Martel; Tony Kushner for "Lincoln," based in part on the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin; Stephen Chbosky for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," which is based on his book; and David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook," based on the novel by Matthew Quick.
Nominated for documentary screenplay are Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns for "The Central Park Five," Kirby Dick for "The Invisible War," Alex Gibney for "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God," Malik Bendjelloul for "Searching for Sugar Man," Brian Knappenberger for "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists" and Amy Berg and Billy McMillin for "West of Memphis."
Winners will be announced at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Feb. 17 during simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
[For the record, Jan. 4, 2:00 p.m.: A previous version of this post incorrectly gave Malik Bendjelloul's name as Bendejelloul and misstated the subtitle of "We Are Legion" as "The Story of Hacktivists."]
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