Friday, February 15, 2013

And the Academy Award Goes TO...Oscar Nominees 2013: From Book to Screen

 
This year's Oscar Nominations are in, Are you surprised to see so many movies that started their lives as books? I'm not, most movies these days start not as screen plays, but as paperbacks- waiting to come to life and spring forth to a broader audience. Lets take a look at this years Nominees!
Best Picture: (See All Trailers Below)
Argo



Les Miserables


Lincoln


Silver Linings Playbook


Zero Dark Thirty


Life of Pi


Django Unchained


Beasts of the Southern Wild


Amour



Best Director:
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Ben Affleck - Argo
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln

Best Actor:
Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
Denzel Washington - Flight
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
John Hawkes - The Sessions

Best Actress:
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
 
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert DeNiro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones: Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Anne Hathaway- Les Miserables
Sally Field - Lincoln
Amy Adams - The Master
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

Out of these fantastic movies listed, which of them are based on books? Lets take a look at which titles have paperback counterparts and which are original screenplays. Some may surprise you!



Django Unchained - Not Based on a Book, of course its a Tarantino! He wrote and directed the film

Flight - Screenplay, written by John Gatins

The Impossible - Written as screenplay by Sergio G Sanchez, based on true story of Maria Belon
 
 
Amour - Not based on a book! This one was written as a screenplay by Michael Haneke


Argo - Based on The Master of Disguise by Antonio J Mendez and The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman
 

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Based on Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar
 

Les Miserables - Based on Les Miserables By Victor Hugo
 

Life of Pi - Based on Life of Pi, By Yann Martel
 

Lincoln - Based on Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by
Doris Kearns Goodwin
 

The Master - Screenplay written by Paul Thomas Anderson
 

The Sessions - Based on the article "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate" by
Mark O'Brien
 

Silver Linings Playbook - Based on The Silver Linings Playbook, by Matthew Quick
 

Zero Dark Thirty - Screenplay written by Mark Boal
 
 
Here are the Rest of the Nominees:
 
Best Animated Film:
Brave
ParaNorman
Frankenweenie
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
 
Cinematography:
Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvy
Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall - Roger Deakins
 
Costume Design:
Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
Les Miserables - Paco Delgado
Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood
 
Documentary Feature:
5 Broken Cameras - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers - Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky, and Estelle Fialon
How to Survive a Plague - David France and Howard Gertler
The Invisible War - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
Searching for Sugar Man - Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
 
Documentary Short:
Inocente - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
Kings Point - Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Mondays at Racine - Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
Open Heart - Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption - Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
 
Film Editing:
Argo - William Goldenberg
Life of Pi - Tim Squyres
Lincoln - Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenburg
 
Foreign Language Film:
Amour - Austria
Kon-Tiki - Norway
No - Chile
A Royal Affair - Denmark
War Witch - Canada
 
Makeup and Hair Styling:
Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane
Les Miserables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
 
Music - Original Score:
Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
Argo - Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
Lincoln - John Williams
Shyfall - Thomas Newman
 
Music - Original Song:
Chasing Ice- "Before My Time" By J Ralph
Ted- "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" By Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane
Life of Pi- "Pi's Lullaby" By Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
Skyfall- "Skyfall" By Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Les Miserables- "Suddenly" By Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil
 
Production Design:
Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The Hobbit - Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright
Les Miserables - Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
Life of Pi - David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
Lincoln - Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
 
Short Animated Film:
Adam and Dog - Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole - PES
Head over Heels - Timothy Reckart, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
The Longest Daycare - David Silverman
Paperman - John Kahrs
 
Short Live Action Film:
Adad - Bryan Cuckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys - Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Curfew - Shawn Christensen
Death of a Shadow - Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry - Yan England
 
Sound Editing:
Argo - Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained - Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi - Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Zero Dark Thirty - Paul NJ Ottosson
 
Sound Mixing:
Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Jose Andonio Garcia
Les Miserables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes
Life of Pi - Ron Bartless, DM Hemphill, Drew Kunin
Lincoln - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Ronald Judkins
Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P Russell, Stuart Wilson
 
Visual Effets:
The Hobbit - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R Christopher White
Life of Pi - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer, Donald R Elliot
The Avengers - Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
Prometheus - Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman - Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould, Michael Dawson
 
Writing - Adapted Screenplay:
Argo - Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi - David Magee
Lincoln - Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook - David O Russell
 
Writing - Original Screenplay:
Amour - Michael Haneke
Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
Flight - John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal
 
 


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