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 Screenplay 7
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay 6
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 4

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instanceOf Academy Award category ⓘ
film award ⓘ
screenwriting award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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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Doctor Zhivago → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
In the Heat of the Night → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Midnight Cowboy → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Exorcist → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Godfather → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Silence of the Lambs → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Schindler's List → award → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Slumdog Millionaire → award → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Godfather Part II → award → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Doubt → awardNominated → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Alexander Payne → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Bill Condon → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Billy Bob Thornton → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Billy Wilder → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Christopher Hampton → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Ethan Coen → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Fran Walsh → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Francis Ford Coppola → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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