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Film
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay
Moonstruck, Written by John Patrick Shanley
Broadcast News, Written by James L. Brooks
Hope and Glory, Written by John Boorman
Radio Days, Written by Woody Allen
The Last Emperor, Written by Mark Peploe, and Bernardo Bertolucci
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Roxanne, Screenplay by Steve Martin; based on the play by Edmond Rostand
Full Metal Jacket, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford; based on the novel "The Short Timers" by Gustav Hasford
Fatal Attraction, Screenplay by James Dearden; based on his short film
The Princess Bride, Screenplay by William Goldman; based on the book by William Goldman
The Untouchables, Screenplay by David Mamet; based on the book by Oscar Fraley, and Eliot Ness
Television
Episodic Drama
"Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 1" - Cagney & Lacey (CBS) - Georgia Jeffries
"It's a Wonderful Job" - Moonlighting (ABC) - Debra Frank, and Carl Sautter
"More Skinned Against Than Skinning" - Hill Street Blues (NBC) - David Black
"Fathers and Guns" - Hill Street Blues (NBC) - Jeffrey Lewis, and Jerry Patrick Brown
"The Venus Butterfly" - L.A. Law (NBC) - Steven Bochco, and Terry Louise Fisher
"Fry Me to the Moon" - L.A. Law (NBC) - Jacob Epstein, Marshall Goldberg, and David E. Kelley
"Big Man on Mulberry Street" - Moonlighting (ABC) - Karen Hall
"Atomic Shakespeare" - Moonlighting (ABC) - Ron Osborn, and Jeff Reno
"A Room with a View" - St. Elsewhere (NBC) - Channing Gibson, John Masius, and Tom Fontana
Episodic Comedy
"A, My Name Is Alex" - Family Ties (NBC) - Gary David Goldberg, and Alan Uger
"Here's Why Cosmetics Should Come in Unbreakable Bottles" - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (NBC) - Jay Tarses
"Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" - The Golden Girls (NBC) - Barry Fanaro, and Mort Nathan
"Never Love a Goalie: Part I - Cheers (NBC) - Ken Levine, and David Isaacs
"My Back Pages" - Family Ties (NBC) - Ruth Bennett
"Contempt of Courting" - Night Court (NBC) - Tom Straw
"A Piece of Cake" - The Golden Girls (NBC) - Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman, Mort Nathan, and Barry Fanaro
Daytime Serials
Ryan's Hope (ABC) - Claire Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Steve Lehrman, David Appel
Days of Our Lives (NBC) - Sheri Anderson, Leah Laiman, Anne Schoettle, Thom Racina, M.M. Shelly Moore, Dena Higley, Richard J. Allen, Linda Campanelli, Maralyn Thoma, Michelle Poteet Lisanti, Peggi Schibi, Penina Spiegel, Ted Kubiak
Anthology Episode/Single Program
There Were Times, Dear - Harry Cauley
"A Mistaken Charity" - American Playhouse (PBS) - Lawrence DuKore, and C.R. Portz
"Everybody Needs a Little Love" - Tales from the Darkside (Paramount Television) - John Harrison
"The Storyteller/Nightsong" - The Twilight Zone (CBS) - Rockne S. O'Bannon
"The Card/The Junction" - The Twilight Zone (CBS) - Virginia Aldridge
Adapted Long Form
Escape from Sobibor (CBS) - Reginald Rose
Prison for Children (CBS) - Christopher Knopf
Special Awards
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Harriet Frank Jr., and Irving Ravetch
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf
Valentine Davies Award
Lois Preyser
Morgan Cox Award
Daniel Taradash