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Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
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.
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.
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54 minutes to go and the red carpet is still glittering with Hollywood stars. The big question isn’t will Titanic win, but will the show go over three hours? Will the liver pate be fresh? Will anyone fall out of their dress? And if they do, would that make them the Worst Supported Actress? (Speaking of dresses, Minnie Driverjust came down the carpe...
Billy Crystal’s getting ready to come on for yet another stint as host and we’re all anxious to see if he can top last year’s opening. That one was simply superb, so he’s got his work cut out for him.
…and the excitement is at a peak as we head into the 70th Annual Academy Awards®. Well, Billy did the perfect thing. He didn’t try to out do last year, but rather make fun of it. And what a video opening it was. As usual, his Oscar nominees song was a great laugh.
Cuba Gooding Jr., remembered for his enthusiastic speech last year, came out to present the award for Best Supporting Actress, urging them to take their time with their speech. And the winner is: Kim Basinger for L.A. Confidential. Just like her speech at the Golden Globes, Kim was shaking with disbelief at her good fortune. Elisabeth Shue the pres...
Helen Hunt, a nominee for Best Actress, tripped over her intro about Visual Effects. After a clip showing some old visual effects styles, she announced the winner: TitanicThe ship’s now 4 for 5. As part of the Academy salute to Hollywood legends, Billy had Fay Wray introduce Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who presented the award for Live Action Short....
Antonio Banderas came out to introduce Bill Conti and the orchestra, who played through the Best Original Dramatic Score nominees. And the winner is: James Horner for Titanic. Ok, the ship’s now 5 for 7. Introduced as “talented and exiting”, Jennifer Lopez introduced the nominees for Musical or Comedy Score, which were accompanied by some great dan...
Almost midnight…will we go over three hours? Billy Crystal’s costar in When Harry Met Sally, Meg Ryan, presents the award for Art Direction. And the winner is: TitanicFor those still counting that’s 8 for 11. Best Supporting Actor winner Robin Williams introduced clips of the best moments of the past 69 years. Last year’s Best Actress, Frances McDo...
Ooowee, this baby’s going longgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg. Sigourney Weaver presented the clip for Best Picture nominee As Good As It Gets. Warren Beatty was tasked with presenting the Best Director award. And the winner is…James Cameron for Titanic. The ship is now 10 for 13. And according to himself he is the “King of the World.”
…and we’re ready to hand out the Best Picture Award. The presenter is Sean Connery. AND THE WINNER IS: Titanic. The ship sails away with 11 Oscars, tying the old Ben Hur record. One of the film’s producers, Jon Landau, went through a laundry list of thanks. In a moving speech, James Cameron said that the message of Titanicwas that the unthinkable w...
Feb 5, 2014 · SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award) To DR. THOMAS G. STOCKHAM, JR. and ROBERT B. INGEBRETSEN for their pioneering work in the areas of waveform editing, crossfades and cut-and-paste techniques for digital audio editing.
Academy Awards, USA. 1999 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published. Scott Frank. 1999 Nominee Oscar. Best Film Editing.
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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 ).
