{"id":14544,"date":"2012-02-25T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=14544"},"modified":"2012-02-25T19:09:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T19:09:41","slug":"84th-academy-awards-adapted-screenplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2012\/02\/25\/84th-academy-awards-adapted-screenplay\/","title":{"rendered":"84th Academy Awards: Adapted Screenplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Oscars2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14444\" title=\"84th Academy Awards\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Oscars2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOMINEES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"The Descendants (film)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Descendants_(film)\">The Descendants<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Alexander Payne\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Payne\">Alexander Payne<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Nat Faxon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nat_Faxon\">Nat Faxon<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Jim Rash\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Rash\">Jim Rash<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<em><a title=\"The Descendants (novel)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Descendants_(novel)\">The Descendants<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"Kaui Hart Hemmings\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaui_Hart_Hemmings\">Kaui Hart Hemmings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Hugo (film)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hugo_(film)\">Hugo<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"John Logan (writer)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Logan_(writer)\">John Logan<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<em><a title=\"The Invention of Hugo Cabret\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Invention_of_Hugo_Cabret\">The Invention of Hugo Cabret<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"Brian Selznick\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Selznick\">Brian Selznick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"The Ides of March (film)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Ides_of_March_(film)\">The Ides of March<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"George Clooney\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Clooney\">George Clooney<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Grant Heslov\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grant_Heslov\">Grant Heslov<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Beau Willimon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beau_Willimon\">Beau Willimon<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<em><a title=\"Farragut North (play)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farragut_North_(play)\">Farragut North<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"Beau Willimon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beau_Willimon\">Beau Willimon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Moneyball (film)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moneyball_(film)\">Moneyball<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Screenplay by\u00a0<a title=\"Steven Zaillian\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steven_Zaillian\">Steven Zaillian<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Aaron Sorkin\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aaron_Sorkin\">Aaron Sorkin<\/a>; Story by\u00a0<a title=\"Stan Chervin\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stan_Chervin\">Stan Chervin<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<em><a title=\"Moneyball\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moneyball\">Moneyball<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"Michael Lewis\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Lewis\">Michael Lewis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_(film)\">Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Bridget O'Connor\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bridget_O%27Connor\">Bridget O&#8217;Connor<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Peter Straughan\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Straughan\">Peter Straughan<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<em><a title=\"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tinker,_Tailor,_Soldier,_Spy\">Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"John le Carr\u00e9\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_le_Carr%C3%A9\">John le Carr\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This award is given to the writer(s)\u00a0of a\u00a0<a title=\"Adapted screenplay\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adapted_screenplay\">screenplay adapted<\/a>\u00a0from another source, which often means a novel, play, short story, or piece of journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Of the two screenplay categories this is the oldest, with the first winner in 1927 being <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Glazer\">Benjamin Glazer<\/a> for adapting Austin Strong&#8217;s play Seventh Heaven for the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally movies have always been an adapted art form (i.e. based on another source) so it was not until \u00a01940 that\u00a0a separate writing award was created for\u00a0<a title=\"Academy Award for Best Story\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Award_for_Best_Story\">Best Story<\/a>, then\u00a0in 1957 those two categories were combined to reward the screenplay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE DESCENDANTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Y66n7m85bA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsearchlight.com\/fyc\/media\/uploads\/films\/the-descendants\/script.pdf\">Download the screenplay by\u00a0Alexander Payne,\u00a0Nat Faxon, and\u00a0Jim Rash\u00a0as a PDF file<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HUGO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zt-ime_IxrQ\" 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Straughn and Bridget O&#8217;Connor as a PDF file<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/\">Official Oscar site<\/a><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Award_for_Best_Writing_(Adapted_Screenplay)\">Explore previous winners of Best Adapted Screenplay at Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominees include The Descendants, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball and Tinker Tailor Soldier 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