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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.
* Writing (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) - David S. Ward Actor - Robert Redford Cinematography - Robert Surtees
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Terence Rattigan, John Gay
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 ).
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Screenplay by John Hale, Bridget Boland; Adaptation by Richard Sokolove
The next year the category was made into Best Adapted Screenplay (aka Based on Material from Another Medium) and was paired with Best Original Screenplay (aka Written Directly for the Screen) to be the two screenplay categories awarded today. 1. Marty (1955) Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance.
