For the best achievement in writing
(screenplay written directly for the screen) , the nominees are...


BRAVEHEART (Paramount)

Written by Randall Wallace


MIGHTY APHRODITE (Miramax)

Written by Woody Allen


NIXON (Buena Vista)

Written by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson & Oliver Stone


TOY STORY (Buena Vista)

Screenplay by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen
and Alec Sokolow; Story by John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft


THE USUAL SUSPECTS (Gramercy)

Written by Christopher McQuarrie