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2 days ago · 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.
5 days ago · Tucson-born Cord Jefferson won an Academy Award Sunday for best adapted screenplay for writing “American Fiction,” his first film. Jefferson also directed the film. That was a first for him too.
1 day ago · It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay. See also the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a similar award for screenplays that are adaptations of pre-existing material.
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3 days ago · Most awards or nominations. Most awards won by a single film: 11. Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.
4 days ago · It won three Academy Awards. The Social Network was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing. The script is known for its rapid-fire dialogue. Aaron Sorkin’s script is praised for its quick and witty dialogue, which adds to the intensity and pace of the film.
1 day ago · The movie, starring Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, and Paula Patton, had 226 award nominations and 113 wins, including two Oscars for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Mo’Nique. Grace performed the song “Somethin’s Comin’ My Way”, which was featured in the movie.
4 days ago · Peter Hedges is a novelist, screenwriter and film director. His novel “What's Eating Gilbert Grape” was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title. In 2002, Hedges received an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay for “About a Boy,” written by Hornby. Hedges wrote and directed “Pieces of April ...
