BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Who’s In:

Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino

Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal

Who’s Probably Also In:

Amour: Michael Haneke

Looper: Rian Johnson

Who Could Be In Instead:

Flight: John Gatins

The Master: Paul Thomas Anderson

            Looper and Flight are about neck-and-neck for the fifth nomination, but what usually happens in the Original Screenplay category is that the favorite foreign-language film elbows its way in, which is why I’m giving the edge to Amour.