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David
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 Best Original Screenplay 2014 Predictions?
Mine, for now:
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
Selma
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| Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:53 pm |
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zwackerm
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 David wrote: Predictions?
Mine, for now:
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
Selma Wouldn't Mr. Turner and Selma be in Adapted?
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| Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:08 pm |
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David
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 No. Being based on real people and events does not render a screenplay adapted automatically. It has to be adapted from an actual credited source such as a novel or memoir, a play, another film, etc.
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David
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 This is quite a competitive category this year. Boyhood, Birdman, and The Grand Budapest Hotel seem safe, but then we have: Foxcatcher A Most Violent Year Mr. Turner Nightcrawler Selma Whiplash Selma has a bit of an authorship controversy. The original writer (a white man, cue sinister music  ) exercised his contractual right to receive sole credit despite reportedly significant contributions by director Ava DuVernay. _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 I believe Wes Anderson will get this. Much to my dismay.
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zwackerm
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 Dr. Lecter wrote: I believe Wes Anderson will get this. Much to my dismay. Doesn't the Best Picture winner almost always win a writing award? So wouldn't it have to be Boyhood or Selma?
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 zwackerm wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: I believe Wes Anderson will get this. Much to my dismay. Doesn't the Best Picture winner almost always win a writing award? So wouldn't it have to be Boyhood or Selma? The Artist, Million Dollar Baby, Chicago, Gladiator, Titanic, The English Patient, Braveheart, Unforgiven, Platoon, The Deer Hunter and many others have won BP, without winning Screenplay. I actually think that if it isn't The Grand Budapest Hotel, it will be Birdman. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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zwackerm
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 Dr. Lecter wrote: zwackerm wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: I believe Wes Anderson will get this. Much to my dismay. Doesn't the Best Picture winner almost always win a writing award? So wouldn't it have to be Boyhood or Selma? The Artist, Million Dollar Baby, Chicago, Gladiator, Titanic, The English Patient, Braveheart, Unforgiven, Platoon, The Deer Hunter and many others have won BP, without winning Screenplay. I actually think that if it isn't The Grand Budapest Hotel, it will be Birdman. Interesting.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 Could Mr. Turner still get a nom? I looked at Leigh's previous films and Another Year also got a screenplay nod without almost any precursors.
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David
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 It definitely could. The Academy loves Leigh.
I am predicting:
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
Nightcrawler
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 I've got Selma instead of Mr. Turner and Mr. Turner as my #6. My dark horse is The LEGO Movie.
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David
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Re: Best Original Screenplay 2014 I believe a solid dark-horse candidate is A Most Violent Year. Based on the advertising, it seems very writer friendly. The American Dream theme. The colorful, hard-edged wife character. The conjuring of this Sidney Lumet-style period milieu. And they nominated J. C. Chandor for Margin Call.
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