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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Predicate Object
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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film "The Pride of the Yankees" → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: The Pride of the Yankees
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay
The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: The Shawshank Redemption
The Wolf of Wall Street → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
There Will Be Blood → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Todd Haynes → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Top Gun: Maverick → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
True Grit (2010 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Viva Villa! → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation
Warren Beatty → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay
The English Patient → nominations → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Sidney Howard → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
The Remains of the Day → notableAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
WingNut Films → notableAwardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Traffic → oscarNomination → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: Traffic (2000 film)
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → relatedCategory → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → separateFrom → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → shortName → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Adapted Screenplay
MASH → winnerOf → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ