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The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and other films and film characters.
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published L.A. Confidential – Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson ; from the novel by James Ellroy ‡ Donnie Brasco – Paul Attanasio ; based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley
- March 23, 1998
- Titanic (14)
- Titanic (11)
- Billy Crystal
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Feb 9, 2020 · The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is given each year to a script “based on material from another medium.” That other medium being adapted is often a novel ( The Lord of the Rings ), a stage production ( Fences ), or another film ( A Star is Born ).
Mar 23, 1998 · Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) L.A. Confidential Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson; Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon; Honorary Award. Stanley Donen Note: …in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and ...