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  1. 4 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.

  2. 3 days ago · 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.

  3. 5 days ago · An adapted screenplay is a script that has been adapted from another source material, such as a novel, short story, comic book, play, or existing film. Adapted screenplays often need to be reworked for the big screen, as literary works often don’t quite translate into visual form.

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  4. 5 days ago · An adapted screenplay or script is based on existing intellectual property, such as already published source material, like a book, comic, play, or true incident, as well as other mediums like TV shows, video games, and even previous movies in a series. It can even include existing fictional or historical characters.

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  5. 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...

  6. 1 day ago · Notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection, Cimino achieved widespread fame with The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

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  8. 5 days ago · Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer who was noted for his clean-cut good looks and intelligent performances. He won an Academy Award for best original screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997). Early life and career.