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  1. 4 days ago · At the 29th ceremony (1956), the screenplay category was split into best adaptation and best original screenplay. The award had various names before the academy finally settled on best adapted screenplay for the 75th ceremony (2002). The winning screenwriters are given a gold-plated statuette known as an Oscar.

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  2. 16 hours ago · He was nominated in 1958 for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, for his screenplay adapted from Joyce Cary's novel The Horse's Mouth. He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars in 1977.

  3. 2 days ago · Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.The film is based loosely on the 1937 autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), with additional material from Dinesen's 1960 book Shadows on the Grass and other sources.

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  4. 16 hours ago · Presenters of the awards for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Glenn Close: Presenter of the In Memoriam tribute Emma Thompson: Presenter of the award for Best Actor: Donald Sutherland: Presenter of the film In the Name of the Father on the Best Picture ...

  5. 2 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the filmindustry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar. Categories and rules.

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    • Academy Award for Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 19691
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  6. 5 days ago · Adaptations considers the theoretical and practical difficulties surrounding the translation of a text into film, and the reverse process; the novelisation of films. . Through three sets of case studies, the contributors examine the key debates surrounding adaptations: whether screen versions of literary classics can be faithful to the text; if something as capsulated as Jane Austens irony can ...

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  8. 5 days ago · Matt Damon. In full: Matthew Paige Damon. Born: October 8, 1970, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. (age 53) Awards And Honors: Academy Award (1998) Academy Award (1998): Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Golden Globe Award (2016): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.