Agence France-Presse
Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" enhanced its status as front-runner for next month's Oscars here Saturday after scooping a top prize at the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards.
The gritty war film earned the best original screenplay honor at the annual Hollywood screenwriters awards night.
Mark Boal, who wrote "The Hurt Locker" after spending several weeks embedded with a US military bomb disposal unit, was the recipient of the prize, which came roughly two weeks ahead of the Academy Awards on March 7.
"The Hurt Locker," which follows the fortunes of a US army bomb squad operating on the streets of Baghdad, was regarded as the favorite to win the Oscars best picture prize and has nine nominations in total.
Boal beat out competition Saturday from James Cameron for "Avatar," Joel and Ethan Coen for "A Serious Man," Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for the romantic comedy "500 Days of Summer," and Jon Lucas and Scott Moore for the comic hit "The Hangover."
The best adapted screenplay award went to Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for "Up In the Air."
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