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The 48th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 29, 1976, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau , Robert Shaw , George Segal , Goldie Hawn , and Gene Kelly .
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Winning five awards — Best Picture, Best Actor (Jack Nicholson), Best Actress (Louise Fletcher), Best Director (Milos Forman) and Best Writing – Screenplay Adapted from Other Material (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman) — One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest became the first film to sweep picture, director and the two top acting Oscars since It ...
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. Not much to glean from there.
Best Picture: One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Jack Nicholson), Best Actress (Louise Fletcher), Directing (Milos Forman), and Writing – Screenplay adapted from other material (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman).
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.
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 ).
