Eric Roth: 2012 Screen Laurel honoree

Roth'Extremely Noisy & Incredibly Close''Forrest Gump'Though loss and also the temporal character of existence are recurring styles in Eric Roth's writing, Roth has proven he isn't going anywhere. His 40-year career includes celebrated films like "Forrest Gump," "The Curious Situation of Benjamin Button," which year's "Very Noisy & Incredibly Close."Roth does not feel he's worth the WGA's 2012 Laurel Award for Screen, but uncle and frequent collaborator ("Ali" and "The Insider") Michael Mann disagrees, stating the complex subjects Roth takes up."They are amazing subjects to defend myself against. Only other authors know how much difficulty, nobody does. It's like high diving within the Olympic games -- whether it's a 3.6 high dive that counts for over a 1. dive -- and just your peers understand how difficult it's to complete 'The Good Shepherd' or 'Extremely Noisy.' "Roth's body of labor will quickly incorporate a sci-fi film for Warner Bros., that they calls, "my very own flight of fancy." But he concedes there's one legendary film he wishes he would have written."I'd an chance to possibly write 'Cuckoo's Nest.' If only I could've done that."It appears writing is not Roth's only passion. Mann employed Roth to see on his Cinemax skein "Luck" about equine racing because when Mann states, "Eric stays much more time in the track than anybody is aware of.Inch WGA Honours 2012Truth elbows out gags Good timing for WGA prexyHonoreesKress & McDuffie Eric Roth Tate Taylor Patric Verrone Zwick & Herskovitz Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com