Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

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Academy Award category film award screenwriting award

The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding screenplay adapted from previously existing material, such as novels, plays, or other films.

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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay canonical 480
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 14
Best Adapted Screenplay 11

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instanceOf Academy Award category ⓘ
film award ⓘ
screenwriting award ⓘ
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surface form: Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay
awardFor best adapted screenplay ⓘ
basedOn novels ⓘ
other films ⓘ
other previously produced material ⓘ
plays ⓘ
previously existing material ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
television works ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstAwardedForFilmYear 1927–1928 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre screenwriting ⓘ
hasCategoryType writing ⓘ
hasCriterion screenplay must be adapted from previously produced or published material ⓘ
source material must be credited ⓘ
hasNotableMultipleWinners Alexander Payne ⓘ
Billy Wilder ⓘ
Christopher Hampton ⓘ
Ethan Coen ⓘ
Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ
James Ivory ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ
Joseph L. Mankiewicz ⓘ
Mario Puzo ⓘ
Michael Wilson ⓘ
Philippe Claudel ⓘ
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ⓘ
hasNotableWinner 12 Years a Slave ⓘ
Coda ⓘ
No Country for Old Men ⓘ
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ⓘ
Schindler's List ⓘ
The Departed ⓘ
The Godfather ⓘ
The Godfather Part II ⓘ
The Imitation Game ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
The Social Network ⓘ
To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
inception 1929 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
partOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedAt annual Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedTo Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing
selectionProcess final winners voted on by all eligible Academy members ⓘ
voted on by members of the Writers Branch of the Academy ⓘ
shortName Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Best Adapted Screenplay

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Emma Thompson → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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A Beautiful Mind (2001 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Christopher Nolan → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → distinctFrom → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Billy Wilder → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → distinctFrom → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → relatedCategory → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Aaron Sorkin → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Viva Villa! → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Alan Jay Lerner → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Forrest Gump → hasAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Rebecca (1940 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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