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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. Jun 13, 2024 · The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning four, including best screenplay based on material from another medium. Although it lost the Oscar for best picture to Rocky , it was named the top film of the year by most of the major US film critics' organizations.

  4. 2 days ago · Films with the most nominations: All About Eve ( 1950 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and La La Land ( 2016) each earned 14 Academy Award nominations. Film with the highest clean sweep: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003) won all 11 Academy Awards from its 11 nominations.

  5. 5 days ago · On the other hand, the Best Adapted Screenplay category honors scripts that are based on existing literary or audio-visual materials, including books, plays, films, TV shows, and other media, encompassing sequels, reboots, and reimaginings.

    • Academy Award for Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 19711
    • Academy Award for Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 19712
    • Academy Award for Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 19713
    • Academy Award for Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 19714
  6. 5 days ago · Of the 87 movies that have won Academy Awards for Best Picture so far, 40 were based on or inspired by books. Some are faithful book-to-movie adaptions, while others use creative license and are loosely based on books.

  7. Jun 29, 2024 · Arguably the crowning achievement of producer-director-screenwriter Billy Wilder’s career, the film features an unsettling, Oscar-winning score by Franz Waxman, won Best Art Direction and Best Story and Screenplay, and was nominated for a total of 11 Academy Awards. Director: Billy Wilder.