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* Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart Actor in a Leading Role - Jack Lemmon Actress in a Leading Role - Sissy Spacek Best Picture - Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis, Producers
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The Big Chill – Michael Shamberg The Dresser – Peter Yates The Right Stuff – Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff Tender Mercies – Philip S. Hobel Terms of Endearment– James L. Brooks
The Dresser – Peter Yates Fanny & Alexander – Ingmar Bergman Silkwood – Mike Nichols Tender Mercies – Bruce Beresford Terms of Endearment– James L. Brooks
Michael Caine – Educating Rita Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben Tom Courtenay – The Dresser Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies Albert Finney – The Dresser
Jane Alexander – Testament Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment Meryl Streep – Silkwood Julie Walters – Educating Rita Debra Winger – Terms of Endearment
Charles Durning – To Be or Not to Be John Lithgow – Terms of Endearment Jack Nicholson – Terms of Endearment Sam Shepard – The Right Stuff Rip Torn – Cross Creek
Cher – Silkwood Glenn Close – The Big Chill Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously Amy Irving – Yentl Alfre Woodard – Cross Creek
Betrayal – Harold Pinter The Dresser – Ronald Harwood Educating Rita – Willy Russell Reuben, Reuben – Julius J. Epstein Terms of Endearment– James L. Brooks
“Flashdance…What A Feeling” – Flashdance – Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Keith Forsey, Irene Cara “Maniac” – Flashdance – Music, Lyric by Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky “Over You” – Tender Mercies – Music, Lyric by Austin Roberts, Bobby Hart “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” – Yentl – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman “...
Blue Thunder – Frank Morriss, Edward Abroms Flashdance – Bud Smith, Walt Mulconery The Right Stuff – Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart, Tom Rolf Silkwood – Sam O’Steen Terms of Endearment– Richard Marks
Fanny & Alexander – Sven Nykvist Flashdance – Don Peterman The Right Stuff – Caleb Deschanel WarGames – William A. Fraker Zelig– Gordon Willis
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 (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - James L. Brooks Actor in a Supporting Role - John Lithgow Actress in a Leading Role - Debra Winger
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium; Gandhi – John Briley‡ Diner – Barry Levinson; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Melissa Mathison; An Officer and a Gentleman – Douglas Day Stewart; Tootsie – Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal and Don McGuire
* Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola Actor in a Supporting Role - James Caan, Robert Duvall, Al Pacino Costume Design - Anna Hill Johnstone Directing - Francis Ford Coppola Film Editing - William Reynolds, Peter Zinner
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 ).
