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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).
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.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh Lost in Translation – Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson Mystic River – Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint Eastwood Seabiscuit– Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary...
Brother Bear – Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton The Triplets of Belleville– Sylvain Chomet
City of God – Fernando Meirelles The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Peter Weir Mystic River– Clint Eastwood
Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog Jude Law – Cold Mountain Bill Murray – Lost in Translation Sean Penn – Mystic River
Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider Diane Keaton – Something’s Gotta Give Samantha Morton – In America Charlize Theron – Monster Naomi Watts – 21 Grams
Alec Baldwin – The Cooler Benicio Del Toro – 21 Grams Djimon Hounsou – In America Tim Robbins – Mystic River Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai
Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April Marcia Gay Harden – Mystic River Holly Hunter – Thirteen Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain
American Splendor – Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman City of God – Braulio Mantovani The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson Mystic River – Brian Helgeland Seabiscuit– Gary Ross
“Belleville Rendez-vous” – The Triplets of Belleville – Music by Benoît Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet “Into The West” – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Music, Lyric by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox “A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow” – A Mighty Wind – Music, Lyric by Michael McKean, Annette O’Toole “Scarlet Tide” – Cold M...
City of God – Daniel Rezende Cold Mountain – Walter Murch The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Jamie Selkirk Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Lee Smith Seabiscuit– William Goldenberg
award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California. It honors outstanding achievement by screenwriters for a screenplay adapted from another work, such as a play or novel, from a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting members.
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Mar 5, 2024 · The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay recognizes movies based on books (and other works). Here are the top ten winners, ranked.
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Jul 3, 2024 · The Best-Ever Oscar Winners for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Every year the Academy evaluates a year's worth of brilliant original screenplays and picks what they believe to be the best of the best, nominating these for the most prestigious writing awards in cinema: the Oscars.
