Nevertheless, the cool people loved the play, and it was mounted at the Soho Rep in 2004, where it attracted attention not only for its script but for Lee's skeptical but feeling directorial eye.
"Natural Selection" also received prizes for performances by Rachael Harris and Matt O'Leary, above, and for its script, editing and score, setting it up as the big winner at a festival that focused heavily on low-budget films with small, personal stories.
Nonetheless, the film won prizes at Cannes for its script and acting.
The Revenant won't be winning any awards for its script.
"Nurse Betty," received the writing award for its script, by John C. Richards.
Although "Kids" has been widely praised for its script, direction and ensemble cast, the project took seemingly forever to hatch.
Mr. Allen, who shuns awards ceremonies, was also a no-show at the Golden Globes last month, where "Midnight in Paris" won a Globe for its script.
Then again, Mr. Aronofsky's "Black Swan," celebrated elsewhere for its layered story and creepy-girly aesthetic, did not earn nominations for its script, art direction or costume design.
What distresses me is that a mainstream Hollywood picture as magical and left-field as Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom should have been virtually ignored, nominated only for its script.
"The Social Network," once considered a lock for best picture, won awards only for its script, its score and its editing; "Toy Story 3" won best animated movie, but there was the simultaneous suggestion that voters don't take that art form seriously in the top race.
