Continuing Salon’s 2011 Oscar primer, here are the scribes whose bold writing earned a spot among the year’s best:
“127 Hours” — Screenplay by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” — Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3” — Screenplay by Michael Arndt; story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” — Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
“Winter’s Bone” — Screenplay by Dabra Granik and Anne Rosellini