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They even brought in the original screenplay writer, Jack Epps to put some life to the dialog and make you feel like the legendary «Maverick.»

Not exact matches

Netflix's critically acclaimed original drama «Mudbound» earned four nominations for the company, including nods for best supporting actress (Mary J. Blige) and best adapted screenplay (writer - director Dee Rees).
Halsted Welles wrote the original 3:10 to Yuma's screenplay... not sure why Mangold and the producers thought Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, writers of some vapid action movies, would match him.
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.
«Hillbilly Elegy» «The Shape of Water» took home the biggest award at last night's Oscars ceremony, and while it didn't take home the statue for best original screenplay, writer - director Guillermo del Toro earned a nomination, and it's no surprise that his co-writer Vanessa Taylor is already prepping to write a new script.
But in these results there is a notable echo of last season, where the only roadblock for «La La Land» came at the WGA Awards when «Moonlight» — categorized as an original screenplay by the guild, yet adapted by the Academy's writers branch — upset the perceived best - picture frontrunner.
On the other hand their Best Screenplay category encompasses all scripts, unlike the division the Academy Awards make in order to recognize the writers for either creating an original story, or succeeding in translating a previously written source material for the screen.
But this is a strange year because all of the Best Picture heat is in the writer / director camp — and original screenplay.
This was especially true with the writers branch in the original screenplay category.
Best Film: «Of Gods and Men» Best Director: Roman Polanski, «The Ghost Writer» Best Actor: Eric Elmosnino, «Gainsbourg» Best Actress: Sara Forestier, «The Names of Love» Best Supporting Actor: Michael Lonsdale, «Of Gods and Men» Best Supporting Actress: Anne Alvaro, «The Clink of Ice» Most Promising Actor: Edgar Ramirez, «Carlos» Most Promising Actress: Leïla Bekhti, «Tout ce qui brille» Best Original Screenplay: Baya Kasmi and Michel Leclerc, «The Names of Love» Best Adapted Screenplay: Robert Harris and Roman Polanski, «The Ghost Writer» Best Foreign Film: «The Social Network» Best Animated Feature: «The Illusionist» Best Documentary: «Oceans» Best First Film: «Gainsbourg» Best Cinematography: Caroline Champetier, «Of Gods and Men» Best Art Direction: Hugues Tissandier, «The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc - Sec» Best Costume Design: Caroline de Vivaise, «The Princess of Montpensier» Best Film Editing: Hervé de Luze, «The Ghost Writer» Best Sound: «Gainsbourg» Best Short Film: «Logorama»
The original story was by John Romano, an accomplished TV writer (Hill Street Blues, Party of Five) who went on to write the screenplays for Nights in Rodanthe and The Lincoln Lawyer.
A smart, hair - raising satire about prejudice and race relations, «Get Out» won Best Film, as well as Best Original Screenplay for writer - director Jordan Peele's provocative script.
The Writers Guild of America has just finished handing out their awards for 2017, resulting in James Ivory («Call Me by Your Name») and Jordan Peele («Get Out») taking top honors for Adapted and Original Screenplays, respectively.
Four years ago, writer Alex Garland made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a critical smash that surprised with two Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Visual Effects and further surprised by winning the Visual Effects prize.
The unusual nature of this year's Oscar season is that all five of the films named today are by writers and directors who wrote original screenplays.
Coming up next in the awards race, we have the Writers Guild Awards happening on Sunday, February 11th, which should help us narrow down the two Screenplay categories at the Oscars (though Original Screenplay will still be up in the air thanks to the WGA's silly rules that «disqualified» «Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri»), so be sure to check back to see who wins.
Writer / director Jordan Peele was recognized in the Best Original Screenplay and Best First Film categories for Get Out.
Happy to see MN girl Diablo Cody win for best original screenplay and loved her shout - out to the other writers.
When the Academy moved Barry Jenkins» script for «Moonlight» to the Adapted Screenplay category, the Oscar race for Original Screenplay became a battle between two writer - directors.
Both screenplays are competing in Original Screenplay with the Writers Guild of America and Moonlight has already won a few screenplay awards (although, incidentally, with groups who combine adapted and orOriginal Screenplay with the Writers Guild of America and Moonlight has already won a few screenplay awards (although, incidentally, with groups who combine adapted and Screenplay with the Writers Guild of America and Moonlight has already won a few screenplay awards (although, incidentally, with groups who combine adapted and screenplay awards (although, incidentally, with groups who combine adapted and originaloriginal).
The Writers Guild of America honored Spike Jonze for his future - set love story «Her» with its award for original screenplay and Billy Ray for «Captain Phillips,» the true story of a hijacking at sea, for adapted screenplay on Saturday night.
David Mathews («Narcos,» «Boardwalk Empire») writes from an original screenplay by crime writer James Ellroy («L.A. Confidential»).
British writer - director Martin McDonagh, whose film «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» took the best picture honor as well as the original screenplay prize, noted the timeliness of his movie in his acceptance speech.
Screenplay predictions can be a bit tricky this early on as we saw with this year's Adapted Screenplay Oscar winner Moonlight, which won multiple Original Screenplay citations from critics as well as the Writers Guild of America but was deemed Adapted by the Academy deep into the Oscar season.
Awards and Recognition: Best Original Screenplay (Academy Awards, 1969) Best Supporting Actor nomination - Gene Wilder (Academy Awards, 1969) Best Actor and Best Screenplay nominations (Golden Globes, 1969) Best Original Screenplay (Writers» Guild of America Awards, 1969) Named to the National Film Registry, 1996 Rated # 11 on the AFI List of America's Funniest Movies
Our money here is on writer Allan Loeb becoming a first - time nominee in the Best Original Screenplay field.
Writer / director Kenneth Lonergan's crisp, sharp script is written perfectly for this part, which by the way will probably win Best Original Screenplay.
Arkin went on to secure the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, his first, and writer Michael Arndt also won for Best Original Screenplay.
Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) could become the first writer of Asian descent to win Original Screenplay.
Commercially successful, critically adored, winner of an original screenplay Academy Award, and more influential than any other indie ever, it was enough to secure Tarantino a place in film's history books and announce him as the writer / director to watch of his generation.
Writer / director team Joel and Ethan Coen won for Best Original Screenplay.
Best Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Director: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) Best Actress: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Best Actor: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049) Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney (I, Tonya) Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Best Adapted Screenplay: James Ivory (Call Me By Your Name) Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: I Am Not a Witch Best Sound: Dunkirk Best Production Design: The Shape of Water Best Special Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049 Best Film Not in the English Language: The Handmaiden Best Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro Best Editing: Baby Driver Best Animated Film: Coco Best Makeup and Hair: Darkest Hour Best Original Music: Alexander Desplat (The Shape of Water) Best British Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best British Short Film: Cowboy Dave EE Rising Star Award: Daniel Kaluuya
The writers» branch got a little punchy generally, as it turned out — it also nominated the «Straight Outta Compton» screenwriters for original screenplay, another pundit long shot, over award - season perennial Quentin Tarantino and his «The Hateful Eight.»
For Original Screenplay, writer Emily V. Gordon is nominated with her husband, co-writer Kumail Nanjiani for The Big Sick, the based - on - a-true-story of how Kumail (as himself) met and fell in love with Emily (Zoe Kazan) while performing stand - up in Chicago.
The Oscars already snubbed Martin McDonagh once with the Best Director nominations, but the Irish writer - director was at least expected to earn a Best Original Screenplay win for his awards favorite Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Writer / director Kenneth Lonergan (C) accepts Best Original Screenplay for «Manchester by the Sea» from actor / director Ben Affleck (L) and actor / producer Matt Damon (R) onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California.
Studio: Gunpowder & Sky Genre: Horror, Comedy Cast: Alexandra Shipp, Brianna Hildebrand, Josh Hutcherson, Craig Robinson, Kevin Durand, Jack Quaid, Timothy V. Murphy, Nicky Whelan, Austin Abrams, Kerry Rhodes, Marycarmen Lopez Director: Tyler MacIntyre Writers: Chris Lee Hill, Tyler MacIntyre, Based On an Original Screenplay by Justin Olson
The Writers Guild of America bestowed the Best Original Screenplay honor upon Spike Jonze for «Her,» further suggesting that Jonze could be on his way to an Oscar win.
Writer - director Jordan Peele accepts the award for best original screenplay for «Get Out» during the Writers Guild of America awards ceremony in Beverly Hills on Feb. 11.
The writer and director of «Get Out» on Sunday, March 4, won an Oscar for his first film, taking a best original screenplay statue for the sociological thriller about a black man who meets his white girlfriend's family and finds a house of racial horrors.
WRITERS GUILD AWARDS Best Original Screenplay Her, Written by Spike Jonze Best Adapted Screenplay Captain Phillips, Written by Billy Ray Best Documentary Screenplay Stories We Tell, Written by Sarah Polley Best New Series House of...
Prediction: At last Sunday's Writers Guild Awards, Moonlight pulled a surprise Original Screenplay upset over both La La Land and Manchester By The Sea.
It also makes him the first African - American writer ever to win Best Original Screenplay.
Writer Bill Dubuque, who attempted to achieve the same results with «The Judge» (Robert Duvall's performance was the only strong element) is much more successful here in crafting a truly original screenplay that blends high intensity with genuine sincerity.
Ayer, whose career began at the start of the millennium with screenplay credits for U-571 and the original The Fast and the Furious, has evolved into a respected filmmaker as writer - director of End of Watch and Fury.
Resnais, who never quite fit the fingerprint of auteur — the writers he collaborated with always bore their distinctive predications rather resolutely — had a brightly shining original screenplay, Oscar - nominated I might add, by the effulgent French writer Marguerite Duras.
The screenplay earned Meyers and her co-writers the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen, and the film earned three Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Supportinscreenplay earned Meyers and her co-writers the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen, and the film earned three Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best SupportinScreenplay, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
Or it could just mean that the Globes have five fewer screenplay nominees than the Oscars or Writers Guild of America awards, which divide adapted and original — and that's where The Big Sick will find its recognition down the road.
Jake Gyllenhaal won Best Actor, and writer - director Dan Gilroy was honored with both Best Original Screenplay and Best First Film.
It's been in development since 2009, a long time even for animation, and though LeFauve has sole screenplay credit, the fact that she shares story credit with four other writers — Sohn, Erik Benson, Kelsey Mann and Bob Peterson (who also has an original concept and development credit) points up how many cooks were involved in this tasty broth.
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