As Good As It Gets

As Good As It Gets is a 1997 film which tells the story of an obsessive-complusive, cranky writer who forms a relationship with a waitress who is a single mother. It stars Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear[?], Cuba Gooding Jr., Shirley Knight[?], Skeet Ulrich[?] and Yeardley Smith.

The movie was written by Mark Andrus[?] and James L. Brooks[?], and directed by Brooks.

It won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jack Nicholson) and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Helen Hunt). It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Greg Kinnear), Best Film Editing, Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

External Links

• The IMDB entry on As Good As It Gets: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119822

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As Good As It Gets is also a novel by British author Simon Nolan[?] (ISBN 0704381087).