Oscar of the best adapted scenario

The Oscar of the best scenario adapted is one of the disputed prices of Academy Awards, the rewards cinematographic most important in the United States. It is allotted each year to the author of a scenario coming from another source (usually of a book or a play). See also the Oscar of the best original screenplay, a similar reward for a scenario not being adapted. A list of the people follows having gained this gratification. This Oscar was initially allotted with name Best Writing, Adaptation.

Years 1920

1927/1928 the supreme Hour (Seventh Heaven) - Benjamin Glazer adaptation of the part of Austin Strong

During the second and third year, there was only one named reward Writing Achievement without reference to original or adapted works.

1928/1929 the Patriot (The Patriot) - Hans Kräly of a part of Ashley Dukes translated Der Patriot a part of Alfred Neumann derived from Paul I a history of Dmitri Merezhkovsky

1929/1930 The Big House - Joseph Farnham, Martin Flavin, Frances Marion, Lennox Marion

Years 1930

For the years 1930 and 1931 the reward was subdivided again, one indicated this one under Best Writing, Adaptation.

1930/1931 Cimarron - Howard Estabrook adaptation of the novel of Edna Ferber 1931/1932 Bad Girl - Edwin J. Burke adaptation of the novel and the part of Viña Delmar 1932/1933 Four girls of Doctor March (Little Women) - Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason adaptation of the novel of Louisa May Alcott 1934 New York-Miami (It Happened One Night) - Robert Riskin adaptation of Night Drunk a history of Samuel Hopkins Adams

During 1935, this category became Best Writing, Screenplay

1935 the Informer (To inform) - Dudley Nichols adaptation of the novel of Liam O' Flaherty. It was the first time that a Oscar was declined.

1936 Life of Louis Pasteur (The Story off Louis Pasteur) - Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney adaptation of their own history 1937 Life of Emile Zola (The Life off Emile Zola) - Heinz Herald, Geza Herczag, Norman Groove adaptation of the book Zola and His Time by Matthew Josephson 1938 Pygmalion - Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb, George Bernard Shaw adaptation of the part of George Bernard Shaw 1939 Gone With The Wind (Gone with the Wind) - Sidney Howard adaptation of the Romance of Margaret Mitchell

Years 1940

1940 Indiscretions (The Philadelphia Story) - Donald Ogden Stewart adaptation of the part of Philip Barry

1941 Late recalcitrant the (Young stag Comes Mr. Jordan) - Sidney Buchman, Seton Miller adaptation of Heaven Edge Wait a part of Harry Segall 1942 Mrs Miniver (Mrs. Miniver) - George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis based on the novel of Jan Struther

1943 Casablanca - Philip Epstein, Julius Epstein, Howard Koch adaptation of Everybody Comes to Rick' S a part of Murray Burnett and Joan Alison 1944 the sown star Road (Going My Way) - Frank Butler, Frank Cavett adaptation of the history of Leo McCarey 1945 the Poison (The Lost Weekend) - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder adaptation of the novel of Charles R. Jackson 1946 Most beautiful Years of our life (The Best Years off Our Live) - Robert Sherwood adaptation of Glory for Me a novel of MacKinlay Kantor 1947 the Miracle on the 34ème street ( Miracle one 34th Street) - George Seaton adaptation of the history of Valentine Davies 1948 the Veined Treasury of the Sierra (Veined Treasure off the Sierra) - John Huston adaptation of the novel of B. Traven 1949 Marital Chains (Letter to Three Wives has) - Joseph Mankiewicz adaptation of Letter to Five Wives a novel of John Klempner

Years 1950

1950 Eve (All Eve Butt) - Joseph Mankiewicz adapted The Wisdom off Eve a short history of Mary Orr 1951 a place with the sun (Place in the Sun has) - Harry Brown, Michael Wilson adaptation of An American Tragedy a novel of Theodore Dreiser and An American Tragedy a part of Patrick Kearney 1952 Bewitched the (The Bad and the Beautiful) - Charles Schnee adaptation of Tribute to has Badman a history of Charles Bradshaw

1953 As long as there will be men (From Here to Eternity ) - Daniel Taradash adaptation of the novel of James Jones 1954 a girl of the province (The Country Girl) - George Seaton adaptation of a part of Clifford Odets 1955 Marty - Paddy Chayefsky based on its telefilm

During 1956 this category was famous Screenplay-Adapted:

1956 the Round the world tour in 80 days (Around the World in Eighty Days) - John Farrow, S.J. Perelman, James Poe adaptation of the novel of Jules Verne

During 1957 this category was renamed Screenplay Based one Material from Another Medium

1957 the Bridge of the River Kwaï (The Bridge one to rivet Kwaï) - Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson (face: Pierre Swell) based on the novel of Pierre Boulle 1958 Gigi - Alan J. Lerner based on the novel of Colette and the part of Anita Loos 1959 Ways of the upper town (Room At the Signal) - Neil Paterson adaptation of the novel of John Braine

Years 1960

1960 Elmer Gantry the charlatan (Elmer Gantry) - Richard Brooks adaptation of the novel of Sinclair Lewis 1961 Judgment in Nuremberg (Judgment At Nuremberg) - Abby Man adaptation of its telefilm 1962 Of Silence and the Shades (To Kill has Mockingbird) - Horton Foote adaptation of the novel Harper Lee 1963 Tom Jones - John Osborne adaptation of The History off Tom Jones, has Foundling a novel of Henry Fielding 1964 Becket - Edward Anhalt adaptation of a part of Jean Anouilh 1965 Doctor Jivago (Doctor Zhivago) - Robert Bolt adaptation of the novel of Boris Pasternak 1966 a man for eternity (Man for All Seasons has) - Robert Bolt adaptation of his part 1967 In the heat of the night (In the Heat off the Night) - Stirling Siliphant adaptation of the novel of John Ball 1968 the Lion in winter (The Lion in Winter) - James Goldman adaptation of his part 1969 Midnight Cowboy (Midnight Cowboy) - Waldo Salt adaptation of the novel of James Leo Herlihy

Years 1970

1970 MASH - Boxing ring Lardner Jr. adaptation of the novel of Richard Hooker

1971 French Connection (The French Connection) - Ernest Tidyman adaptation of the novel of Robin Moore 1972 the Godfather (The Godfather) - Mario Puzo, Francis Coppola adaptation of the novel of Mario Puzo 1973 the Exorcist (The Exorcist) - William Peter Blatty adaptation of his novel

During 1974 this category was famous Screenplay Adapted From Other Material

1974 Godfather 2 (The Godfather, Share II) - Francis Coppola, Mario Puzo adaptation of The Godfather a novel of Mario Puzo 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo' S Nest) - Bo Goldman, Laurence Hauben adaptation of the novel of Ken Kesey

During 1976 this category was famous Screenplay Based one Material from Another Medium

1976 Men of the President (All the President' S Men) - William Goldman adaptation of the book of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward 1977 Julia Alvine Sargent adaptation of Pentimento a novel of Lillian Hellman 1978 Midnight Express train - Oliver Stone adaptation of the book of William Beam and William Hoffer 1979 Kramer against Kramer (Kramer vs. Kramer) - Robert Benton adaptation of the novel of Avery Corman

Years 1980

1980 Of people like the others (Ordinary People) - Alvine Sargent adaptation of the novel of Judith Guest

1981 the house of the lake (One Golden delicious Lays) - Ernest Thompson adaptation of its part 1982 Missing, reported missing (Missing) - Constantin Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart adaptation of the novel Thomas To raise 1983 Tender Passions (Terms off Endearment) - James L. Brooks adaptation of the novel of Larry McMurtry 1984 Amadeus - Peter Shaffer adaptation of his part 1985 Out off Africa: Memories of Africa (Out off Africa) - Kurt Luedtke adaptation of the memories of Isak Dinesen, Silence Will Speak of Errol Trzebinski 1986 Room with sight (Room with has View) - Ruth Jhabvala adaptation of the novel of E.M. Forster 1987 the Last Emperor (The Last Emperor) - Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe from the autobiography From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography off Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi by Henry Pu Yi 1988 Dangerous Connections (Dangerous Connections) - Christopher Hampton adaptation of the novel of Choderlos de Laclos and the part of Christopher Hampton 1989 Daisy Miss and her driver (Driving Daisy Miss) - Alfred Uhry adaptation of his part

Years 1990

1990 Dance with the wolves (Dances with Wolves) - Michael Blake adaptation of the novel of Michael Blake

During 1991 this category became Screenplay Based one Material Previously Published gold Produced

1991 the Silence of the Lambs (The Silence off the Lambs) - Ted Tally adaptation of the novel of Thomas Harris 1992 Return to Howards End (Howards End) - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala adaptation of the novel of E.M. Forster 1993 the List of Schindler (Schindler' S List) - Steven Zaillian adaptation of the novel of Thomas Keneally 1994 Forrest Gump - Eric Roth adaptation of the novel of Winston Groom 1995 Reason and feelings (Judicious and Sensibility) - Emma Thompson adaptation of a novel of Jane Austen 1996 Sling Blade - Billy Bob Thornton adaptation of its part 1997 L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland adaptation of the novel of James Ellroy 1998 Gods and Monsters - Bill Condon adaptation of the novel of Christopher Bram 1999 the Work of God, the Share of the Devil (The Cider House Rules ) - John Irving adaptation of his novel

Years 2000

2000 Traffic - Stephen Gaghan adaptation of Traffik the telefilm of Simon Moore 2001 a man of exception (Beautiful Mind has) - Akiva Goldsman adaptation of the biography of Sylvia Nasar

During 2002 this category Adapted Screenplay was famous

2002 the Pianist (The Pianist) - Ronald Harwood adaptation of the book of Władysław Szpilman 2003 the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (The Return off the King) - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson adaptation of the book of J.R.R. Tolkien 2004 Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor adaptation of the novel of Rex Pickett

2005 Brokeback Mountain , Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, adaptation of the news éponyme of Annie Proulx

2006 Infiltrated the (The Departed), Martin Scorsese, adaptation of film hongkongais Infernal Affairs

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