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In the movie, which also won Best Screenplay from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and picked up a nod from the American Cinema Editors this week, Farrell plays a sad, paunchy man who gets sent to a hotel where he has 45 days to find a partner.

After winning Best First Film from the New York Film Critics Circle and Best Screenplay from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the movie's showing here is yet another indication that it will be a strong player in year - end polls and next year's various awards.

I'm happy to say that they've once again nominated truly the best screenplays from 2017, featuring many of my favorite films of the year such as Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name, James Franco's The Disaster Artist, Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, and Craig Gillespie's I, Tonya.

Not exact matches

Rogers was convinced the best way to write the screenplay was to tell it from the point of view of both Harding and Gillooly.

The surprising snub of the unconventional Tonya Harding biopic, «I, Tonya,» from the best original screenplay category for this year's Oscar nominations was disappointing for many.

Best Picture: «The Shape of Water» Lead Actor: Gary Oldman, «Darkest Hour» Lead Actress: Frances McDormand, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, «I, Tonya» Director: «The Shape of Water,» Guillermo del Toro Animated Feature: «Loving Vincent,» Animated Short: «Revolting Rhymes» Adapted Screenplay: «The Disaster Artist» Original Screenplay: «The Big Sick» Cinematography: «Blade Runner 2049» Roger Deakins Best Documentary Feature: «Last Men in Aleppo» Best Documentary Short Subject: «Traffic Stop» Best Live Action Short Film: «The Silent Child» Best Foreign Language Film: «The Insult» (Lebanon) Film Editing: «Baby Driver» Sound Editing: «Dunkirk» Sound Mixing: «Dunkirk» Production Design: «The Shape of Water» Original Score: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Song: «This Is Me» from «The Greatest Showman» Makeup and Hair: «Darkest Hour» Costume Design: «Phantom Thread» Visual Effects: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi»

Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.

«A Good Woman,» a ham - fisted adaptation of Wilde's play «Lady Windermere's Fan,» suffers from a staggeringly bad miscasting of its central role and from a cut - and - paste screenplay that substitutes random insertions of Wilde epigrams for character.

Brackett won a second «best screenplay» Oscar for 1953's Titanic (1953); he was also president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1949 through 1955.

In 1962, Gelbart penned his first screenplay The Notorious Landlady, but his best - known screenplay from that era is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, on which he collaborated with Burt Shevelove.

The latest from writer - director Asghar Farhadi opened the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, but it was a disappointment from a director who has consistently impressed critics and jurors, and who was only two years removed from winning best screenplay for The Salesman at Cannes in 2016.

In 2011, she was nominated for a SAG Ensemble Award for Midnight in Paris, once again paired up with Owen Wilson (her co-star from Wedding Crashers), in a film that won Woody Allen an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

It's ultimately clear that The Finest Hours is at its best in its relatively propulsive first half, as director Craig Gillespie, working from a script by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson, does a nice job of establishing the the central characters and the dangerous circumstances in which they find themselves - with the screenplay, which also emphasizes the ongoing exploits of Bernie's girlfriend (Holliday Grainger's Miriam), generally juggling the various narrative threads to seamless effect.

Among the more notable recognition: winning the Golden Globe for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical), picking up BAFTA and Writers Guild nominations for Jon Lucas and Scott Moore's original screenplay, winning a comedy / musical editing award from American Cinema Editors, and having its production design nominated by the Art Directors Guild.

Garland, working from his own screenplay, has infused Ex Machina with a pace best described as deliberate, with Garland's willingness to let the story breathe having both positive and negative ramifications on the movie as a whole (ie certain sections are far more enthralling and entertaining than others).

Intense and engaging performances from Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy bring the well - written screenplay to life.

CANNES, France — Tommy Lee Jones walked away from the 58th Cannes Film Festival here Saturday night as a double winner, after his film «The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada» won him the award as best actor, and the screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga also was honored.

Synopsis: Oscar winner Matt Damon («Good Will Hunting,» «Invictus») stars in «Hereafter,» directed by Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood («Million Dollar Baby,» «Unforgiven») from a screenplay by two time Oscar nominee Peter Morgan («Frost / Nixon,» «The Queen»).

Obviously such great acting results come from the experienced direction of David O. Russell, who received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director and noms for Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Editing.

All of the top five increase on last month's totals, even Amy Adams, whose film has all but disappeared from Best Picture, Best Actor and even the Best Original Screenplay top 5.

From the Oscar - award winning writers of The Descendants (Best Adapted Screenplay, 2012) comes a feel good summer movie, with plenty of sensitive emotional punch.

Earlier this week, Anderson was awarded Best Screenplay for «Phantom Thread» from both the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle.

One of the top moments from the gala came when Jordan Peele won Best Original Screenplay for Get Out

Beasts of the Southern Wild was ousted from the Best Screenplay category.

Working from a well - paced screenplay with many digressions but never a wasted moment, Lady Bird is brought to life by a cast that appears fully engaged in every nuance.

From the all - star cast, to the historical premise, to Clooney's gilded track record behind the camera, I'd be surprised if it didn't pull off at least five nominations and mostly a lot more — Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Score, you name it, this has a strong shot.

All of these ingredients are nothing without a solid script, and indeed some fresh ideas to warrant a film conversion, but thankfully Justin Kurzel «s movie, from a screenplay by Michael Leslie, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, all of whom have good pedigrees, provide a rather entertaining platform for a potential new franchise to jump off of.

Best Picture Birdman Best Actor Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything Best Supporting Actor J.K. Simmons in Whiplash Best Actress Julianne Moore in Still Alice Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette in Boyhood Best Animated Feature Big Hero 6 Best Adapted Screenplay The Imitation Game Best Original Screenplay Birdman Best Cinematography Birdman Best Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Director Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu Best Documentary Feature Citizenfour Best Documentary Short Subject «Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1» Best Film Editing Whiplash Best Foreign Language Film Ida, Poland Best Makeup and Hairstyling The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Original Score The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat Best Original Song «Glory» from Selma Best Production Design The Grand Budapest Hotel Best Animated Short Film «Feast» Best Live Action Short Film «The Phone Call» Best Sound Editing American Sniper Best Sound Mixing Whiplash Best Visual Effects Interstellar

The screenplay was adapted (very well) from a recent book so don't blame Spielberg for that either.

That didn't stop writer and director Yorgos Lanthimos from winning the prize for Best Screenplay at the festival.

Cirkus Columbia The fourth film from Bosnian director Danis Tanović, and his third since his debut feature No Man's Land took home the Cannes Film Festival best screenplay award in 2001 and the best

Here, alas, Van Sant is reunited with Good Will Hunting buddy Matt Damon, directing a screenplay Damon co-wrote with co-star John Krasinski from a story by (gulp) Dave Eggers.

Other winners were 20 Feet from Stardom for Best Documentary, The Great Beauty for Best Foreign Film, and Her for Best Original Screenplay.

features live staged readings of unproduced screenplays, cast with well - known Hollywood actors from Deborah Aquila and Lisa Zagoria of Aquila Wood Casting.

Also getting a best picture nomination (as well as nods for star Brie Larson, adapted screenplay by Emma Donoghue from her novel and director Lenny Abrahamson) was the singular «Room,» an emotional roller coaster whose success led to perhaps the biggest surprise of the morning.

And «Brooklyn,» this year's Little Engine That Could, took off from its Sundance premiere a year ago to take three top - drawer nominations, including lead actress for Saoirse Ronan, adapted screenplay for the veteran Nick Hornby (working from Colm Tóibín's novel) and even best picture.

There's «Get Out» from Jordan Peele (which feels like a dark horse for Original Screenplay on a good day, though I'm sure many will work hard for Daniel Kaluuya and Betty Gabriel in acting categories) and «The Fate of the Furious» from F. Gary Gray («Straight Outta Compton»), but neither truly feel like they'll make a dent come awards season.

Based on the exploits of two actual 19th - century highwaymen, Captain Lightfoot is the best of the trio, adapted from a 1955 novel by W.R. Burnett, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Oscar Brodney (who'd worked with Sirk the year before on Sign of the Pagan).

It was assumed it would get in here rather easily, but instead, it looks like it's effectively been eliminated from the competition, and subsequently for Best Picture (no nomination here equals no chance of winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and nowadays no screenplay Oscar means no Best PictuScreenplay, and nowadays no screenplay Oscar means no Best Pictuscreenplay Oscar means no Best Picture Oscar).

It garnered seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Walter Huston, recreating his earlier stage role, who should have won the Oscar with his sensitive portrayal against winner Paul Muni for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)-RRB-, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Maria Ouspenskaya, reprising her role from the earlier stage production, and in her film debut), and Best Sound Recording, and won only one Oscar for Best Art Direction - Interior Decoration.

Rock the Kasbah is directed by veteran filmmaker Barry Levinson (of The Humbling, The Bay, Man of the Year, Bandits, Sphere, Wag the Dog, Sleepers, Toys, Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam), from a screenplay by Mitch Glazer (a «longtime friend» of Bill Murray).

Aside from Allen in an Original Screenplay, Director, and Picture race, the early word is that we need to begin to pencil in Academy Award winner Kate Winslet for one of the highly sought - after Best Actress spots.

Mind you, it has other good things going for it, too — a taut, intelligent and cleverly structured screenplay by Anthony McCarten, who brought us The Theory Of Everything, top - drawer direction from Joe Wright, whose 2007 wartime drama, Atonement, comes repeatedly to mind, and a scene - stealing but exquisitely judged supporting performance from Kristin Scott Thomas as Clementine Churchill.

Trailer mash - up of The Dark Knight and In the Loop on YouTube: Another tidbit from Wells at HE — apparently someone had the really good idea of inviting MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to present the Screenplay honor to the most deserving...

Warner Bros.» «Mad Max: Fury Road» took home three honors and came in second for another, but Open Road had a massive day as «Spotlight» won Best Screenplay and Best Film from the Los Angeles Film...

Directed by Jeremy Garelick from a screenplay he wrote with Jay Lavender, «The Wedding Ringer» opens with Doug (Josh Gad) nervously cold calling potential best men in preparation for his upcoming nuptials to Gretchen («The Big Bang Theory's» Kaley Cuoco - Sweeting).

We're taking our «Beauty vs Beast» series to a film that did well but maybe not as well as expected (no director, no screenplay)- Jordan Peele's masterful horror comedy Get Out, which we just happened to re-watch last night in an effort to reaquaint ourselves with a movie that was fading from memory.

67th Academy Awards 1 win from 7 nominations Best Actress In A Supporting Role - Dianne Wiest Best Actor In A Supporting Role, Chazz Palminteri Best Actress In A Supporting Role, Jennifer Tilly Best Director, Woody Allen Best Writing, Screenplay, Woody Allen & Douglas McGrath Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Santo Loquasto & Susan Bode Best Costume Design, Jeffrey Kurland

Writer and director Adam McKay made an impressive jump from directing feature comedies like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Step Brothers to the real life The Big Short, even earning an Oscar nomination for Best Director and a win for Best Adapted Screenplay.

He wrote the script after graduating from college and it made The Black List (a list of the best unproduced screenplays of the year) back in 2013, but years went by before he found funding for the film.