39th Writers Guild of America Awards

39th WGA Awards
Date	1987
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

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Film

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Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay Hannah and Her Sisters, Written by Woody Allen Blue Velvet, Written by David Lynch Mona Lisa, Written by Neil Jordan, and David Leland Platoon, Written by Oliver Stone Salvador, Written by Oliver Stone, and Richard Boyle

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium A Room with a View, Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; based on the novel by E.M. Forster Children of a Lesser God, Screenplay by Hesper Anderson, and Mark Medoff; based on the stage play by Mark Medoff Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Screenplay by Paul Mazursky, and Leon Capetanos; based on the play by René Fauchois Little Shop of Horrors, Screenplay by Howard Ashman; based on his musical play, and the 1960 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith Stand by Me, Screenplay by Raynold Gideon, and Bruce A. Evans; based on the novel by Stephen King

Television

Episodic Comedy "Allie's Affair" – Kate & Allie (CBS) – Bob Randall "I Can't Say No" – All Is Forgiven (NBC) – Ian Praiser, and Howard Gewirtz "Best of Friends" – Night Court (NBC) – Howard Ostroff "Theo's Holiday" – The Cosby Show (NBC) – John Markus, Carmen Finestra, and Matt Williams "Blanche and the Younger Man" – The Golden Girls (NBC) – James Berg, and Stan Zimmerman	Episodic Drama "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" – Moonlighting (ABC) – Debra Frank, and Carl Sautter Remembrance of Things Past" – St. Elsewhere (NBC) – John Masius, Bruce Paltrow, and Tom Fontana "What Are Friends For?" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – Dick Wolf "Remembrance of Hits Past" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – Walon Green, Jeffrey Lewis, and David Milch "Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin" – Moonlighting (ABC) – Bruce Franklin Singer
Daytime Serials Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Tom King, Millee Taggart, William Burritt, Mardee Kravit, Eleanor Mancusi, Maura Penders, B.K. Perlman, Dorothy Ann Purser, Erik Wiklund, Claire Labine One Life to Live (ABC) – Peggy O'Shea, S. Michael Schnessel, Craig Carlson, Lanie Bertram, Ethel Brez, Mel Brez, Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold, George Lefferts, Peter Swet, Don Wallace	Anthology Episode/Single Program "Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost" – The Twilight Zone (CBS) – Harlan Ellison "The Doll" – Amazing Stories (NBC) – Richard Matheson "A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot" – The Twilight Zone (CBS) – George R.R. Martin "Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton – The Twilight Zone (CBS) – Alan Brennert
Long Form – Original Nobody's Child (CBS) – Mary Gallagher, and Ara Watson The Execution of Raymond Graham (ABC) – Mel Frohman Unnatural Causes (NBC) – John Sayles, Martin M. Goldstein, Stephen Doran, and Robert Jacobs Miles to Go... (CBS) – Beverly Levitt, and Stuart Fischoff The Return of Sherlock Holmes (CBS) – Bob Shayne	Long Form – Adapted Peter the Great (NBC) – Edward Anhalt Trapped in Silence – Vickie Patik
Children's Show "Maricela" – Wonderworks (PBS) – Nancy Audley, Christine Burrill, and Richard Soto "Babies Having Babies" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Kathryn J. Montgomery, and Jeffrey Auerbach "Fuzz Bucket" – Wonderful World of Disney (ABC) – Mick Garris "Time Flyer" – Wonderful World of Disney (ABC) – Mark Rosman

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Woody Allen
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Reginald Rose
Valentine Davies Award
William Froug
Morgan Cox Award
Jean Rouverol

External links

• WGA.org