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Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford
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 Picture
- Directing
- Actor in A Leading Role
- Actress in A Leading Role
- Actor in A Supporting Role
- Actress in A Supporting Role
- Writing
- Music
- Film Editing
- Cinematography
The Accidental Tourist – Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo Dangerous Liaisons – Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean Mississippi Burning – Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry Rain Man – Mark Johnson Working Girl– Douglas Wick
A Fish Called Wanda – Charles Crichton The Last Temptation of Christ – Martin Scorsese Mississippi Burning – Alan Parker Rain Man – Barry Levinson Working Girl– Mike Nichols
Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning Tom Hanks – Big Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver Max von Sydow – Pelle the Conqueror
Glenn Close – Dangerous Liaisons Jodie Foster – The Accused Melanie Griffith – Working Girl Meryl Streep – A Cry in the Dark Sigourney Weaver – Gorillas in the Mist
Alec Guinness – Little Dorrit Kevin Kline – A Fish Called Wanda Martin Landau – Tucker The Man and His Dream River Phoenix – Running on Empty Dean Stockwell – Married to the Mob
Joan Cusack – Working Girl Geena Davis – The Accidental Tourist Frances McDormand – Mississippi Burning Michelle Pfeiffer – Dangerous Liaisons Sigourney Weaver – Working Girl
The Accidental Tourist – Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan Dangerous Liaisons – Christopher Hampton Gorillas in the Mist – Anna Hamilton Phelan, Tab Murphy Little Dorrit – Christine Edzard The Unbearable Lightness of Being– Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman
“Calling You” – Bagdad Cafe – Music, Lyric by Bob Telson “Let The River Run” – Working Girl – Music, Lyric by Carly Simon “Two Hearts” – Buster– Music by Lamont Dozier; Lyric by Phil Collins
Die Hard – Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link Gorillas in the Mist – Stuart Baird Mississippi Burning – Gerry Hambling Rain Man – Stu Linder Who Framed Roger Rabbit– Arthur Schmidt
Mississippi Burning – Peter Biziou Rain Man – John Seale Tequila Sunrise – Conrad L. Hall The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Sven Nykvist Who Framed Roger Rabbit– Dean Cundey
Writing (Story and Screenplay—based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans
6 wins & 12 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1987 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Raynold Gideon. Bruce A. Evans. BMI Film & TV Awards. 1988 Winner Most Performed Song from a Film. Ben E. King. For the song "Stand By Me". Casting Society of America, USA. 1987 Nominee Artios Award.