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2 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 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.
3 days ago · Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed by Nora Ephron, from a screenplay she wrote with David S. Ward and Jeff Arch. Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, the film follows a journalist (Ryan) who becomes enamored with a widowed architect (Hanks), when the latter's son calls in to a talk radio program requesting a new partner for his grieving father.
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.
4 days ago · It’s based on a profoundly moving true story, won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar (Steve Zaillan), and earned its place as one of the greatest adapted screenplays ever written.
Jun 18, 2024 · This searchable database contains over 1,500 onstage acceptance speeches given by Academy Award winners and acceptors. Many records include links to video clips. Search Nominees
Jun 27, 2024 · Film awards such as the Academy Awards (Oscars) and the Golden Globes have specific categories for original screenplays, recognizing the screenwriters’ contributions to the film industry. Judges and critics evaluate original screenplays based on their ability to captivate and entertain audiences, as well as their artistic and ...
