Labor dispute cutting into Oscar campaigns
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p> After picketing for a week, Writers Guild of America members had reason to look forward to Saturday night: A free ‘American Gangster’ screening at the WGA’s theater, followed by what promised to be a lively conversation with the film’s Oscar-winning screenwriter, Steven Zaillian.
But rather than hear from Zaillian at the film’s conclusion, the more than 400 WGA members were told that he was skipping the Beverly Hills question-and-answer segment because of the strike. ‘It was a personal decision, a personal choice,’ said Zaillian from the picket lines in front of 20th Century Fox on Monday. Zaillian won the Academy Award for adapting ‘Schindler’s List.’
--John Horn
