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84th Academy Awards: Adapted Screenplay

Nominees include The Descendants, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

NOMINEES

This award is given to the writer(s) of a screenplay adapted from another source, which often means a novel, play, short story, or piece of journalism.

Of the two screenplay categories this is the oldest, with the first winner in 1927 being Benjamin Glazer for adapting Austin Strong’s play Seventh Heaven for the screen.

Traditionally movies have always been an adapted art form (i.e. based on another source) so it was not until  1940 that a separate writing award was created for Best Story, then in 1957 those two categories were combined to reward the screenplay.

THE DESCENDANTS

HUGO

THE IDES OF MARCH

MONEYBALL

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Official Oscar site
Explore previous winners of Best Adapted Screenplay at Wikipedia