Like Spotlight in
the other screenplay category, this could wind up being the only win for what's still a legitimate best - picture contender.
Not exact matches
Danny Boyle's Mumbai - set melodrama triumphed in all but one of the
categories for which it was nominated, taking best picture, best director and best adapted
screenplay, as well as five
others.
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.
The
other big winner was Silver Linings Playbook, receiving nominations in all four acting
categories (Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver), directing and adapted
screenplay (David O. Russell), and best picture.
And good lord that Original
Screenplay category is stacked (the
other thing I could easily get wrong is seeing The Big Sick nominated over Phantom Thread, but I'm too much of a PTA homer to go for that one).
The British also did well in
other categories - Ridley Scott was picked in the Best Director field, while Julian Fellowes was named for Best Original
Screenplay.
Competing away from the
others, and without the presence of «Gone Girl,» «The Imitation Game» is the closest thing to a front - runner the Adapted
Screenplay category has.
«Hell or High Water,» the runner - up for best film, was also runner - up in two
other categories: Best Original
Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan and Best Supporting Actor for Jeff Bridges.
Still matching each
other category by
category, CMBYN took adapted
screenplay with James Ivory's warm and delicate rendering of the beloved book, while Thread «s P.T. Anderson parlayed his witty dialogue to an original
screenplay prize.
The
other bonus came in the
screenplay category, with the jury giving the award to both The Killing Of A Sacred Deer and You Were Never Really Here in a rare tie.
Or they could go with «Whiplash,» a film that hasn't found much of a theatrical audience but will likely be nominated in several
other categories, including supporting actor,
screenplay and editing.
In
other categories, Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship won the Best Adapted
Screenplay award for his film based on the writing of Jane Austen.
Among
other accolades, the film has been nominated for three Critics Choice Awards in recognition of Jacob Tremblay (Room) in the Best Young Actor / Actress
category, Best Adapted
Screenplay and Best Hair and Makeup.
The entertainment news website, acquired by the Penske Media Corporation in 2015, released lists of potential Oscar nominees in each
category: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original
Screenplay and Best Adapted
Screenplay (among
others).
Hell or High Water, the runner - up for best film, was also runner - up in two
other categories: Best Original
Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan and...
The
other Oscar nominees in the Original
Screenplay category are strong, especially Martin McDonagh's searing and contemplative Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani's poignantly hilarious The Big Sick and Greta Gerwig's earnest Ladybird.
Its
other presumed best shot was in the
Screenplay category, but the recent dustup over its (absurd) designation as an Adapted
Screenplay that was, in fact, adapted from... itself (essentially, the feature script was written, then Chazelle adapted it into a short to sell the film, but since the short came out first, it's considered adapted from the short, even though the short was technically adapted from the unshot script.
Among the
other notable nominations: James Gandolfini has been shortlisted posthumously for Best Supporting Male for his performance in his last film, romantic comedy Enough Said, and the Best First
Screenplay category features Lake Bell for In A World and Joseph Gordon - Levitt for Don Jon.
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Other Irish interests include Martin McDonagh, who has been nominated in the Best Original
Screenplay category for In Bruges.
Other categories include: Grand Prize of the Festival, Jury Prize, Best Short Film, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director and Best
Screenplay, as well as various
categories for independent and innovative films.