Not exact matches
Best Original
Screenplay went to Taylor Sheridan
for his recession crime thriller
Hell or High Water.
In addition,
Hell or High Water was honored with three other awards including Ben Foster
for Best Supporting Actor, David Mackenzie
for Best Director, and Taylor Sheridan
for Original
Screenplay.
Sheridan copped a well - justified Best Original
Screenplay Oscar nomination last year
for Hell or High Water, a modern - day Western rife with carefully shaped, literate dialogue.
The
screenplay, by the suddenly - ubiquitous Simon Kinberg (also the scribe behind the upcoming X-Men 3, Fantastic Four, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith — let me go on record first saying that this film does not bode well), is a foul compost of flaccid catchphrases and boggle - eyed declarations, squeezed like old cheese between action sequences so poorly conceptualized and executed that not only is it impossible to ever tell
for a moment what the
hell's going on, but the film also actually reminded me in its over-processed way of outtakes from Tron.
His
screenplays for Sicario and
Hell or High Water are both thoughtful, intense spins on both the crime genre and the Western, and in the hands of gifted directors like Denis Villeneuve and David Mackenzie, respectively, they've become outstanding films.
Hell or High Water Nominated
For: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Jeff Bridges), Original
Screenplay, Editing Where to find it: XFinity OnDemand, iTunes rental, Redbox
His strong
screenplays for Sicario and
Hell or High Water have given Denis Villeneuve and David Mackenzie fantastic jumping off points to create films full of intensity, depth and humor.
«
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.
«
Hell or High Water,» David Mackenzie's neo-western, won three awards, including Best Overlooked Film, Best Supporting Actor
for Jeff Bridges and
for Taylor Sheridan's Best Original
Screenplay.
The other 2017 nominees
for Best Original
Screenplay were:
Hell or High Water written by Taylor Sheridan; La La Land written by Damien Chazelle; Loving written by Jeff Nichols; and Manchester by the Sea written by Kenneth Lonergan (this one would've been my other choice to win).
Chubbuck's depression and suicide fed into Paddy Chayefsky's
screenplay for the 1976 movie Network — she may have been feeling the same thing as «mad - as -
hell» news anchor Howard Beale, rallying against a coarsening media.
The other was
Hell or High Water, the sleeper hit of 2016 that garnered Sheridan an Oscar nomination
for Best Original
Screenplay.
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His strong
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Hell or High Water Nominated
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Hell or High Water, the runner - up
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Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan and...
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Joining
Hell or High Water's Taylor Sheridan as the other nominees
for Best
Screenplay are Barry Jenkins
for Moonlight and Kenneth Lonergan
for Manchester by the Sea.
Hell or High Water, also up
for Best
Screenplay, is represented in the Best Supporting Actor category by Jeff Bridges, who looks to edge out Moonlight's Mahershala Ali and Manchester by the Sea's Lucas Hedges.