The Big Short Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay; Based on the Book by Michael Lewis; Paramount Pictures
Not exact matches
Notably, The
Big Short won best adapted
screenplay at the Writers Guild Awards and also took the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards, which has predicted the Academy's Best Picture choice 8 out of the past 10 years.
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»
McKay cowrote The
Big Short's
screenplay with Charles Randolph, and they know how to keep an audience engaged, broadcasting this knowledge often, as both parody and indictment.
The
screenplay was penned by Edgar Wright (director of Shaun of the Dead, Baby Driver and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Joe Cornish (co-wrote The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn), Adam McKay (director of the Anchorman movies and The
Big Short) and Paul Rudd (you know who he is, a legitimate star).
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
BEST
SCREENPLAY Emma Donoghue (Room) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight) Charles Randolph and Adam McKay (The
Big Short) Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs) Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)
Five nominations The
Big Short (film, director, adapted
screenplay, supporting actor, editing) The Danish Girl (British film, actor, actress, costume design, makeup & hair) Ex Machina (British film, debut film, original
screenplay, supporting actress, visual effects)
Best Actor — Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Best Actress — Brie Larson, Room Best Animated Film - Inside Out Best Body of Work — Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina, The Danish Girl, Testament of Youth Best Director — George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road Best Documentary - Amy Best First Feature — Alex Garland, Ex Machina Best Foreign Language Film - Son of Saul Best Original
Screenplay - Spotlight Best Adapted
Screenplay — Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The
Big Short Best Supporting Actor — Michael Keaton, Spotlight and Sylvester Stallone, Creed (tie) Best Supporting Actress — Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina Most Disappointing Film - Tomorrowland
Best Adapted
Screenplay Winner: Emma Donoghue for Room Runner - up: Charles Randolph and Adam McKay for The
Big Short
Best adapted
screenplay «The
Big Short,» Charles Randolph and Adam McKay «Brooklyn,» Nick Hornby «Carol,» Phyllis Nagy «The Martian,» Drew Goddard «Room,» Emma Donoghue
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY Emma Donoghue, Room Nick Hornby, Brooklyn Adam McKay, Charles Randolph, The
Big Short Phyllis Nagy, Carol Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Two leading Oscar contenders also won awards: «Spotlight,» the drama about newspaper reporters investigating sex abuses in the Catholic Church, for original
screenplay, nd «The
Big Short,» the financial crisis dramedy, for adapted
screenplay.
«
Big Short» not only snuck into the Best Picture category but it earned McKay a Best Director nod, an Adapted
Screenplay nomination (shared with Charles Randolph) and the film took an Editing slot as well.
Another FF2 Media favorite, The
Big Short, scored a well - deserved nomination in Best Adapted
Screenplay.
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.
In 2015, former «Saturday Night Live» head writer Adam McKay won an Academy Award for co-writing the
screenplay of his critically lauded «The
Big Short,» a caustically funny and stylistically ambitious kaleidoscope on the 2008 financial crisis.
Current Best Actress Pick: Brie Larson, «Room» Current Best Actor Pick: Leonardo DiCaprio, «The Revenant» Current Best Supporting Actress Pick: Alicia Vikander, «The Danish Girl» Current Best Supporting Actor Pick: Sylvester Stallone, «Creed» Current Best Director Pick: George Miller, «Mad Max: Fury Road» Current Best Original
Screenplay Pick: «Spotlight» Current Best Adapted
Screenplay Pick: «The
Big Short» Current Best Cinematography Pick: Emmanuel Lubezki, «The Revenant» Current Best Documentary: «Amy»
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY THE
BIG SHORT Adam McKay, Charles Randolph — WINNER BROOKLYN Nick Hornby CAROL Phyllis Nagy ROOM Emma Donoghue STEVE JOBS Aaron Sorkin
The other two
big Best Picture hopefuls, «Spotlight» and «The Big Short,» took home the same screenplay honors they won at the WGA Awards last night (Original and Adapted, respectfull
big Best Picture hopefuls, «Spotlight» and «The
Big Short,» took home the same screenplay honors they won at the WGA Awards last night (Original and Adapted, respectfull
Big Short,» took home the same
screenplay honors they won at the WGA Awards last night (Original and Adapted, respectfully).
«The
Big Short» Criticwire Average: A - Dana Stevens, Slate The
screenplay, co-written by McKay and Charles Randolph, dismantles prettified clichés about «moral hazard» and «complex financial instruments» to reveal the simpler, uglier words bundled into them like so many bad mortgages: Fraud.
Update: the
Big Short has won the USC Scripter for both novel and
screenplay.
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Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
McKay is hot off his Oscar win for «The
Big Short,» which received five nominations including Best Picture, and ultimately won for Best
Screenplay.
AMG: Surprised by the amount of love «The
Big Short» got — Director,
Screenplay and Film?
The closing night slot is much - coveted, having launched The
Big Short to multiple Oscar noms and an Adapted
Screenplay win two years ago.
Denis Villeneuve (Story of Your Life) is confirmed to be directing the
screenplay by Hampton Fancher (who co-wrote the original) and Michael Green, based on an original idea from Fancher and Scott, and starring Ryan Gosling (The
Big Short) and Harrison Ford (Star Wars), who is reprising his role as Rick Deckard.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted
Screenplay, Best Film Editing [Where to stream The
Big Short]
Best
screenplay, motion picture Emma Donoghue, «Room» Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, «Spotlight» Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, «The
Big Short» Aaron Sorkin, «Steve Jobs» - Winner Quentin Tarantino, «The Hateful Eight»
McKay began writing a movie centered on the former vice president shortly after winning the
screenplay Oscar for «The
Big Short.»
The
Big Short took home Best
Screenplay, while Inside Out won for Best Animation and Brooklyn took home the Outstanding British Film award too.
Adapted
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screenplay • «The
Big Short»
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay • «Brooklyn» Screenplay by Nick Hornby • «Carol» Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy • «The Martian» Screenplay by Drew Goddard • «Room» Screenplay by Emm
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay • «Brooklyn»
Screenplay by Nick Hornby • «Carol» Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy • «The Martian» Screenplay by Drew Goddard • «Room» Screenplay by Emm
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The
Big Short has been nominated for four Golden Globes — Steve and Christian Bale were both singled out for acting, Adam for his
screenplay, and the film for Best Picture Musical or Comedy which means Brad Pitt, a producer, has his name up there.
This high concept project is born from Eric Hiesserer's
screenplay of Ted Chiang's
short story «Story of Your Life»... a title that makes sense by the end of the movie, but one a bit too blah for a
big time production with Oscar hopes.
Picture: The Revenant Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant Actor: Leondardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Actress: Brie Larson, Room Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Creed Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Original
Screenplay: Spotlight Adapted
Screenplay: The
Big Short Foreign Language: Son of Saul Documentary Feature: Amy Animated Feature Film: Inside Out Documentary
Short: Last Day of Freedom Animated
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Short: Ave Maria Film Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road Production Design: Mad Max: Fury Road Cinematography: The Revenant Costume Design: Cinderella Makeup and Hairstyling: Mad Max: Fury Road Score: The Hateful Eight Song: «Til It Happens to You,» The Hunting Season Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road Sound Mixing: The Revenant Visual Effects: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Adapted
Screenplay: Emma Donoghue, Room Charlie Kaufman, Anomalisa Phyllis Nagy, Carol Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The
Big Short Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
THE 88th ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS The Complete List of Winners... and some commentary BEST PICTURE Spotlight BEST DIRECTOR Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant BEST ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant BEST ACTRESS Brie Larson, Room BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl BEST ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy, Spotlight BEST ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, The
Big Short BEST EDITING Margaret Sixel, Mad Max Fury Road BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Son of Saul, Hungary BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Emmanuel «Chivo» Lubezki, The Revenant First to win three back to back Oscars in this category.
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY The
Big Short = I learned a lot, but c'm on Brooklyn = yay Carol = sure The Martian = whatevs Room = ugh
Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, John Magaro, Finn Wittrock, Marisa Tomei, Jeremy Strong, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Adepero Oduye Small role: Melissa Leo, Karen Gillan Director: Adam McKay
Screenplay: Charles Randolph, Adam McKay (based on the book, «The
Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine», by Michael Lewis) Review published December 24, 2015
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SCREENPLAY Charles Randolph and Adam McKay — The
Big Short Nick Hornby — Brooklyn Drew Goddard — The Martian Emma Donoghue — Room Aaron Sorkin — Steve Jobs
Adapted
Screenplay: The
Big Short - Adam McKay, Charles Randolph Brooklyn - Nick Hornby Carol - Phyllis Nagy Room - Emma Donoghue Steve Jobs - Aaron Sorkin
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY Charles Randolph and Adam McKay — The
Big Short Nick Hornby — Brooklyn Drew Goddard — The Martian Emma Donoghue — Room Aaron Sorkin — Steve Jobs
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The film itself is based on the 2007
short Baruchel and Rogen made called Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse, from a
screenplay by Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg, who are also making their directorial debuts here and taking some pretty
big chances.
My
short film The Maid of Honor was an Official Selection of the Sedona International Film Festival and my time travel
screenplay The Jane Austen Syndrome has been recognized by numerous
screenplay competitions, including those sponsored by The Austin Film Festival, Cinequest, The
Big Apple Film Festival and MORE magazine.