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And the winners are ... the Oscar nominees in the Adapted Screenplay category



Congrats to all the Oscar nominees but especially those in the Adapted Screenplay category. Here at Chapter1-Take1 we tend to think you're all winners. 


Normally this is the category where screenwriters bring our favorite novels to the screen and that's the case with the gorgeous “If Beale Street could talk” with director Barry Jenkins Writing James Baldwins Book for the screen. Honestly, the movie deserves more love for its extraordinary performances. 






NOMINEES

THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS

Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

BLACKKKLANSMAN

Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Written for the screen by Barry Jenkins

A STAR IS BORN

Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters

Let's take a closer look at The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
While most of us thought the quirky stories making up the anthology were original—in fact the screener sent out puts the Coen Brothers forward in the Best Original Screenplay category— two segments were based on short stories: All Gold Canyon based on Jack London’s short story about an old prospector written in 1904 and The Gal That Got Rattled starring Zoe Kazan-and perhaps the most moving of the collection-was written by Stewart Edward White and first published in 1901. 

Listen to All Gold Canyon.


Read The Gal that Got Rattled at American Literature.



BlackkKlansman is based on the non-fiction book by Ron Stallworth. 

Can You Ever Forgive Me is based on Lee Israel's memoir of the same name. 


A Star is Born has been seen on screen multiple times, the current version credits both the 1954 version with Judy Garland and the 1976 iteration with Barbara Streisand for its inspiration.



 Regular readers already know what I think; they all winners! And a lasting legacy is really the ultimate prize despite what may or may not win in the current landscape. 

I always think it's strange that an adaptation of a previous film is in competition with an adaptation of a novel. They're such different beasts!

What do you think?
I'm all ears.