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Memorable Moments. Ben Johnson. Supporting Actor winner for The Last Picture Show, with presenters Richard Harris and Sally Kellerman. Isaac Hayes. Original Song winner for "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft. Cloris Leachman. Supporting Actress winner for The Last Picture Show with Raquel Welch and Gene Hackman. View More Memorable Moments.
Memorable Moments. Francis Ford Coppola and Dorothy Puzo. Adapted Screenplay winners (Dorothy Puzo accepting for Mario Puzo) for The Godfather. Sacheen Littlefeather. Appearing for Best Actor winner Marlon Brando. Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. Best Actress winner and Supporting Actor winner for Cabaret. View More Memorable Moments.
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 ).
oscars .org. 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) Cabaret – Jay Allen The Emigrants – Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund The Godfather – Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola Pete ‘n’ Tillie – Julius J. Epstein Sounder – Lonne Elder, III. WRITING (Story and Screenplay–based on factual material or material not previously published ...
Memorable Moments. Cary Grant. Honorary Award recipient, with presenter Frank Sinatra. Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Original Song winners for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Jon Voight. Accepting Best Directing for John Schlesinger for Midnight Cowboy. View More Memorable Moments.
in 1957, the modern division of the award into "original" and "adapted" screenplays was finally implemented - with only two renamed categories: Best Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium (Adapted Screenplay) and Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Original Screenplay); the category of Best Motion Picture Story was discarded by being merged into the other categories
