Fox's award campaigning for Logan pays off in a big way with a Best Adapted
Screenplay nomination from the Writers Guild of America.
Neither Guardians norThe Dark Knight managed to nab
a screenplay nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; in fact, The Incredibles remains the only superhero movie ever to achieve that honor.
Not exact matches
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.
Benefiting
from the unfortunate coincidence of the Three Mile Island accident shortly after its release, The China Syndrome became one of the year's biggest successes, and garnered Bridges his second Oscar
nomination for
screenplay.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Pictu
Screenplay, and nowadays no
screenplay Oscar means no Best Pictu
screenplay 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.
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.
Something to note; of Daniel Day - Lewis's five Oscar
nominations (and three wins) all have come
from top 5 films with Best Picture, Director and
Screenplay nominations and three with a supporting acting
nomination as well.
An ingenious U.S marketing campaign swept this sensitive portrait of an IRA gunman embracing his humanity in unexpected circumstances all the way to Oscar night, where the film won Best Original
Screenplay from its six
nominations.
Peele posted a GIF
from his critically acclaimed «Get Out» in response to the film scoring a total of four
nominations for picture, director,
screenplay and actor (Daniel Kaluuya).
With the exception of Boyhood, which emerged as a Best Picture favorite only to fall to Birdman, Linklater's work has mostly flown under the radar of awards organizations, aside
from Adapted
Screenplay nominations at the Oscars for the two Before sequels.
32nd British Academy Film Awards 2 wins
from 10
nominations Best Film Best
Screenplay - Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman - Best Actor - Woody Allen - Best Actress - Diane Keaton - Best Supporting Actress - Mariel Hemingway - Best Supporting Actress - Meryl Streep - Best Direction - Woody Allen - Best Cinematography - Gordon Willis - Best Editing - Susan E Morse - Best Sound - James Sabat, Dan Sable, Jack Higgins
Coogan and Pope's
screenplay (adapted
from Sixsmith's book «The Lost Child of Philomena Lee») has already earned Golden Globe and Critics Choice
nominations, along with numerous accolades for Dame Dench.
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Both Call Me By Your Name supporting actors, Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg, were nominated and the awards - dormant Wonderstruck
from Todd Haynes found life today with
nominations in Adapted
Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Direction / Production Design and a Breakout
nomination for Millicent Simmonds.
Left out: Greta Gerwig, director of Lady Bird, was notably absent
from the shortlist — despite the film receiving
nominations for Original
Screenplay, Leading Actress and Supporting Actress and winning two Golden Globes last week
While it took three top Globe
nominations Thursday, including best director for McCarthy and best
screenplay, its ensemble cast is failing to stand out
from the pack.
Mike Mills» 20th Century Women, starring Annette Bening, may suffer
from a crowded market and its single Oscar
nomination (for original
screenplay).
The
screenplay received a Bradbury Award
nomination from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the film received, among other honors, the Empire Award for Best Director; a Comedy Central Comedy Award for Best Director; two Scream Awards; a GLAAD Media Award
nomination for Outstanding Film — Wide Release; and two Satellite Awards including Best Picture — Comedy or Musical.
The well - received film garnered major acclaim
from critics and got Weitz his first Academy Award
nomination for Best Adapted
Screenplay.
Their myriad of eligibility rules always leads to a lot of
screenplays being excluded
from nominations (you can find some of this year's casualties here), giving way to some fare...
Nominations: Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Adapted
Screenplay, Original Song Stream: Redbox (starting
from 27.02.2018)
His poignant coming - of - age romance — adapted by James Ivory
from André Aciman's novel — enters Sunday's Academy Awards with four
nominations, for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted
Screenplay, and Best Original Song.
While Polley has starred in such films as DAWN OF THE DEAD, GO and THE SWEET HEREAFTER, she has been causing a buzz with her film projects, even earning an Academy Award
nomination in Best Adapted
Screenplay for her movie AWAY
FROM HER.
An existing property, with big names and a smart filmmaker, fresh
from Ex Machina «s Oscar win for FX and
nomination for Original
Screenplay?
At this point, only an unprecedented whirlwind of year - end creativity could prevent it
from getting an Original
Screenplay Oscar
nomination.
The victory for «The Shape of Water» is rather surprising because, for the first time in over 20 years, a Best Picture winner has won the top prize without having a
nomination for Best Cast
from SAG, along with another big surprise of not winning its respective
Screenplay category on the way to the top.
It's hard to believe there was little room for the excellent «Straight Outta Compton» aside
from its original -
screenplay nomination — and the
screenplay isn't even the best element of the film.
A cool remove
from humanity and a spot - on performance by Steve Carell, not to mention Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher seems poised for several
nominations, including Picture, Director,
Screenplay, Actor, Supporting Actor for Mark Ruffalo.
Traditional Oscar rules
from, say, a decade ago would've favored Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, which has the requisite spread of guild prizes and the year's biggest
nomination count across a broad selection of categories, including the all - important bellwethers that weren't necessarily sure shots given the field: original
screenplay and editing.
BAFTA
nominations list Best film Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game The Theory of Everything Leading Actor Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler Michael Keaton - Birdman Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel Leading Actress Amy Adams - Big Eyes Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore - Still Alice Reese Witherspoon - Wild Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl Supporting Actor Edward Norton - Birdman Ethan Hawke - Boyhood J.K. Simmons - Whiplash Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher Steve Carell - Foxcatcher Supporting Actress Emma Stone - Birdman Imelda Staunton - Pride Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game Patricia Arquette - Boyhood Rene Russo - Nightcrawler Outstanding British Film»71 The Imitation Game Paddington Pride The Theory of Everything Under the Skin Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Elaine Constantine (writer / director)- Northern Soul Gregory Burke (writer), Yann Demange (director)-»71 Hong Khaou (writer / director)- Lilting Paul Katis (director / producer), Andrew de Lotbiniere (producer)- Kajaki: The True Story Stephen Beresford (writer), David Livingstone (producer)- Pride Film Not in the English Language Ida Leviathan The Lunchbox Trash Two Days, One Night Documentary 20 Feet
from Stardom 20,000 Days on Earth Citizenfour Finding Vivian Maier Virunga Animated Film Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls The Lego Movie Whiplash Adapted
Screenplay American Sniper Gone Girl The Imitation Game Paddington The Theory of Everything EE Rising Star Jack O'Connell Gugu Mbatha - Raw Miles Teller Margot Robbie Shailene Woodley
At this point, Mudbound, so deserving of many category
nominations from Best Picture to
Screenplay to Supporting Actor and Actress to Song, seems like the longest of long shots.
In 1980 Sayles» first directorial effort «Return of the Secaucus 7» earned the Best
Screenplay award from the Los Angeles Film Critics, as well as an Oscar nomination for original s
Screenplay award
from the Los Angeles Film Critics, as well as an Oscar
nomination for original
screenplayscreenplay.
It's the first film
from director Stephen Gaghan since his 2005 Syriana, for which he received an Oscar
nomination for his
screenplay.
Greta Gerwig, director of Lady Bird, was notably absent
from the shortlist — despite the film receiving
nominations for Original
Screenplay, Leading Actress and Supporting Actress and winning two Golden Globes last week.
And critics were unanimous; Midnight in Paris was Woody Allen's best work in years, the time - hopping romantic fantasy ultimately earning Allen the Best Original
Screenplay Oscar (
from the pic's four
nomination).
Released on December 1, the film has already received great reviews
from critics and earned seven Golden Globe
nominations including Best Drama,
Screenplay, and Directing.
AARON SORKIN, MOLLY»S GAME BEST ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY NOMINEE «This
nomination represents the great work of hundreds of people —
from STX and our producers to Jessica Chastain and the entire cast and crew.
Rebellion's initial Dredd game was a misfire, but Rogue Trooper benifited
from the learning curve on Dredd - hiring a professional writer being part of that curve, and paid off by getting them a Best
Screenplay BAFTA
nomination - and
from having more love and attention lavished on it.»