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Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .
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Children of a Lesser God – Burt Sugarman, Patrick Palmer Hannah and Her Sisters – Robert Greenhut The Mission – Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam Platoon – Arnold Kopelson A Room with a View– Ismail Merchant
Blue Velvet – David Lynch Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen The Mission – Roland Joffé Platoon – Oliver Stone A Room with a View– James Ivory
Dexter Gordon – ‘Round Midnight Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa William Hurt – Children of a Lesser God Paul Newman – The Color of Money James Woods – Salvador
Jane Fonda – The Morning After Marlee Matlin – Children of a Lesser God Sissy Spacek – Crimes of the Heart Kathleen Turner – Peggy Sue Got Married Sigourney Weaver – Aliens
Tom Berenger – Platoon Michael Caine – Hannah and Her Sisters Willem Dafoe – Platoon Denholm Elliott – A Room with a View Dennis Hopper – Hoosiers
Tess Harper – Crimes of the Heart Piper Laurie – Children of a Lesser God Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio – The Color of Money Maggie Smith – A Room with a View Dianne Wiest – Hannah and Her Sisters
Children of a Lesser God – Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff The Color of Money – Richard Price Crimes of the Heart – Beth Henley A Room with a View – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Stand by Me– Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans
“Glory Of Love” – The Karate Kid Part II – Music by Peter Cetera, David Foster; Lyric by Peter Cetera, Diane Nini “Life In A Looking Glass” – That’s Life – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space” – Little Shop of Horrors – Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman “Somewhere Out There” – An American ...
Aliens – Ray Lovejoy Hannah and Her Sisters – Susan E. Morse The Mission – Jim Clark Platoon – Claire Simpson Top Gun– Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon
The Mission – Chris Menges Peggy Sue Got Married – Jordan Cronenweth Platoon – Robert Richardson A Room with a View – Tony Pierce-Roberts Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home– Don Peterman
The nominees for the 58th Academy Awards were announced on February 4, 1986, by Academy president Robert Wise and actress Patty Duke. The Color Purple and Out of Africa led all nominees with eleven each. Winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 24, 1986.
These are all the movies that won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (aka Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). The writers that won the Oscar are listed in the description.
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus; Adaptation by Richard Rush
