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oscars .org. 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.
Memorable Moments. Ben Johnson. Supporting Actor winner for The Last Picture Show, with presenters Richard Harris and Sally Kellerman. Isaac Hayes. Original Song winner for "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft. Cloris Leachman. Supporting Actress winner for The Last Picture Show with Raquel Welch and Gene Hackman. View More Memorable Moments.
Memorable Moments. Cary Grant. Honorary Award recipient, with presenter Frank Sinatra. Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Original Song winners for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Jon Voight. Accepting Best Directing for John Schlesinger for Midnight Cowboy. View More Memorable Moments.
Memorable Moments. Francis Ford Coppola and Dorothy Puzo. Adapted Screenplay winners (Dorothy Puzo accepting for Mario Puzo) for The Godfather. Sacheen Littlefeather. Appearing for Best Actor winner Marlon Brando. Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. Best Actress winner and Supporting Actor winner for Cabaret. View More Memorable Moments.
This award has a complicated history. In the 1st ceremony (1927–28), an award was given for best adaptation. In the 2nd and 3rd ceremonies (1928–30), an award was given for best writing, with no distinction between original work and adaptations. From the 4th (1930–31) to the 7th (1934) ceremonies, an award was again given for best adaptation.
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The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. 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 ...