LOS ANGELES (AP) — The McDonald's-bashing documentary Super Size Me on Tuesday won the Writers Guild of America award for documentary screenplay.
The prize, the guild's first in that category, recognized writer Morgan Spurlock, who also starred in the film and became ill after a month-long experiment eating McDonald's fast food three times a day.
"The movie has exceeded any expectations we ever had," Spurlock told The Associated Press after accepting the award in a ceremony Tuesday night at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. "I am so overwhelmed of all the praise it's gotten."
Asked whether he was surprised the film contributed to McDonald's scaling back on super-size menu items, Spurlock said: "It's a testament to the power of filmmaking. Documentaries are more important now than ever."
Super Size Me, which became an $11 million hit, is nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary. Spurlock also won the Sundance Film Festival's documentary-directing prize.
The Writers Guild award honors nonfiction writers who "collect images from reality and shape them into a story, not only to document the human condition, but to illuminate and inspire the world we live in."
Nominees for the award included: Ross McElwee, for Bright Leaves ; Julia Bacha and Jehane Noujaim, Control Room ; Paola di Florio, Home of the Brave ; Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry, The Hunting of the President ; and Jessica Yu, In the Realms of the Unreal.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2005-02-16-writers-guild-spurlock_x.htm
Spurlock is my hero. I dunno how many AD'ers watch his documentary movie though... IMHO, it is great documentary movie.
The prize, the guild's first in that category, recognized writer Morgan Spurlock, who also starred in the film and became ill after a month-long experiment eating McDonald's fast food three times a day.
"The movie has exceeded any expectations we ever had," Spurlock told The Associated Press after accepting the award in a ceremony Tuesday night at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. "I am so overwhelmed of all the praise it's gotten."
Asked whether he was surprised the film contributed to McDonald's scaling back on super-size menu items, Spurlock said: "It's a testament to the power of filmmaking. Documentaries are more important now than ever."
Super Size Me, which became an $11 million hit, is nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary. Spurlock also won the Sundance Film Festival's documentary-directing prize.
The Writers Guild award honors nonfiction writers who "collect images from reality and shape them into a story, not only to document the human condition, but to illuminate and inspire the world we live in."
Nominees for the award included: Ross McElwee, for Bright Leaves ; Julia Bacha and Jehane Noujaim, Control Room ; Paola di Florio, Home of the Brave ; Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry, The Hunting of the President ; and Jessica Yu, In the Realms of the Unreal.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2005-02-16-writers-guild-spurlock_x.htm
Spurlock is my hero. I dunno how many AD'ers watch his documentary movie though... IMHO, it is great documentary movie.
