The biggest question prior to the Oscars is: How much of an underdog can Slumdog Millionaire really be when it's winning major honors at the Globes, Producer's Guilds, and has ten Oscar noms to go along with it? Danny Boyle claimed the top prize....
Sin Nombre is pins and needles good with a strong package of well-written characters driving the antagonist and protagonist forces to several deadly ends.
Maria and I had the good fortune of being advised by people like Walter Mosley, Frank Pierson, Allison Anders, Dylan Kidd, David Benioff, and Walter Bernstein. All of them had gems of advice that helped us go back to our draft and re-write, re-write, re-write. It improved and expanded the story.