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Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) - Story and Screenplay by Jean-Charles Tacchella; Adaptation by Daniele Thompson
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.
The 49th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 28, 1977, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Richard Pryor, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, and Warren Beatty. Network and All the President's Men were the two biggest winners of the ceremony, with four Oscars each, but Best Picture ...
During that period, the official stance on Adapted Screenplay transitioned between "Writing (Screenplay–based on material from another medium)" and "Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)", before going back.
Feb 5, 2014 · WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen–based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) Annie Hall – Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman The Goodbye Girl – Neil Simon
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: All the President’s Men – William Goldman based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward (WINNER) Bound for Glory – Robert Getchell based on the book by Woody Guthrie Fellini’s Casanova – Federico Fellini and Bernardino Zapponi based on the autobiography Histoire de ma vie ...
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 ).
