Sentences with phrase «screenplay race»
The phrase "screenplay race" refers to a competition or contest among writers to create the best or most successful script for a movie or television show. Full definition
Stay tuned next week for my look at the Best Adapted Screenplay race!
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And if you think that a movie can't win Best Picture with only one other Oscar supporting it, look to but two years ago, when Spotlight won Best Picture and then just one other award — a heavily competitive Original Screenplay race.
Aaron Sorkin andQuentin Tarantino: Two of the most famous, verbose and idiosyncratic screenwriters were nowhere to be found in the adapted screenplay race for the former (Steve Jobs) and the original screenplay shortlist for the latter (The Hateful Eight).
We're recording this Sunday and will be talking about the Picture, Director, and Screenplay races along with other tidbits from the week.
The Big Sick, a romantic comedy, is in the Best Original Screenplay race.
The love from The Academy for «Room» in the Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay races, however, pretty much makes this a lock for Larson.
As usual, they have excluded a number of Oscar hopefuls from contention, which may (or may not) throw another fresh set of wrinkles into the screenplay races this year.
Indeed, were I in a mood to quibble, I might have faulted the academy for not giving «Phantom Thread» its proper due in the original screenplay race, especially considering Anderson's past writing nominations for «Boogie Nights,» «Magnolia,» «There Will Be Blood» and «Inherent Vice.»
Shall we begin with the screenplay races?
The brilliant writing by Gillian Robespierre, Elisabeth Holm, Karen Maine for Obvious Child, if nominated in the less - crowded adapted category, would put two Gillians in the adapted screenplay race, for a total of FOUR women writers.
It's interesting since the announcement that the Academy would shift «Moonlight» to the Adapted Screenplay race, we've started to see a trend in the regional critics, when the earlier awards were giving it love in Original Screenplay.
Best Screenplay Winner: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, «Spotlight» Runner - Up: Charlie Kaufman, «Anomalisa» Lowdown: An important win for «Spotlight» in the adapted screenplay race.
Might have helped the indie grab attention in the Cinematography and Screenplay races.
But I imagine the screenplay race is the least of its potential.