Best Adapted Screenplay: 1977

This opening bit might not be in the book but most of what follows is.

My Top 10

1. That Obscure Object of Desire
2. King Lear
3. Equus
4. Oh God
5. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
6. The Marquise de O
7. Dersu Uzala

Note:  That’s it.  That’s all I’ve got.  I had actually placed Jacob the Liar on the list (at #4) but when I looked at it again, I realized that it was a screenplay first, then, when cutbacks in film production in East Germany delayed the film for nearly a decade, it was rewritten as a novel.  But the screenplay had already existed which means, in spite of the credits, it’s not really an adapted script and I can skip having to review a very good film (and book) that are also brutally depressing so Happy New Year (2019) to me.

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Best Adapted Screenplay: 1964

One of film’s most iconic moments and not in the original at all.

My Top 10:

1. Dr. Strangelove
2. High and Low
3. Harakiri
4. Mary Poppins
5. The Americanization of Emily
6. The Best Man
7. The Night of the Iguana
8. The Chalk Garden
9. Goldfinger
10. My Fair Lady

Note:  There are 20 films on my list.  Only one of the other ten is reviewed below as a WGA nominee (Seven Days in May).  The other nine are all listed towards the bottom of the post.

 

The History of the Academy Awards: Best Animated Film – 2009

“I was hiding under your porch because I love you.” My favorite film dog of all-time.

The 82nd Academy Awards for the film year of 2009.  The nomination were announced on 2 February 2010 and the awards were held on 7 March 2010.

Best Animated Film:  Up

• Coraline
• The Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Secret of Kells
• The Princess and the Frog

Most Surprising Omission:  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Best Eligible Film Not Nominated:  Ponyo

Rank (out of 16) Among Best Animated Film Years:  #8

Oscar Score:  87.5

Alternate Oscar Score:  97.2

 

The History of the Academy Awards: Best Animated Film – 2008

One of film’s most lovable couples.

The 81st annual Academy Awards, for the film year 2008.  The nominations were announced on 22 January 2009 and the awards were held on 22 February 2009.

Best Animated Film:  Wall-E

• Kung Fu Panda
• Bolt

Most Surprising Omission:  Waltz with Bashir

Best Eligible Film Not Nominated:  Waltz with Bashir

Rank (out of 16) Among Best Animated Film Years:  #11

Oscar Score:  81.8

Alternate Oscar Score:  91.8

 

The Year in Film: 2016

Best traffic jam ever.

My Top 20:

1. La La Land
2. Arrival
3. The Handmaiden
4. Manchester by the Sea
5. Moonlight
6. Silence
7. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
8. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
9. Zootopia
10. Moana
11. Finding Dory
12. The Salesman
13. Nocturnal Animals
14. Fences
15. Hell or High Water
16. Julieta
17. Kubo and the Two Strings
18. A Monster Calls
19. 20th Century Women
20. Sing Street

note:  All 20 films are ****.  There were several high ***.5 films that I wish could have made the list – Captain America: Civil War, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Hail Caesar! and Passengers were among my considered choices.  There are only a handful of films that earned any award nominations that I haven’t seen yet (I Daniel Blake, Certain Woman, Allied, Your Name, King’s Choice) so I don’t think this list will be changing (depending on Your Name, perhaps), unlike the last several years, when this list was written more closely after the Oscars.

 

The History of the Academy Awards: Best Animated Film – 2004

The gang’s all here. And hey, look, Frozone found his super suit!

The 77th annual Academy Awards, for the film year 2004.  The nominations were announced on 25 January 2005 and the awards were held on 27 February 2005.

Best Animated Film:  The Incredibles

• Shrek 2
• Shark Tale

Most Surprising Omission: The Polar Express

Best Eligible Film Not Nominated:  Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Rank (out of 16) Among Best Animated Film Years:  #8

Oscar Score:  76.9

Alternate Oscar Score:  91.8

 

Best Adapted Screenplay: 1959

Karin: Hush, hush! The actor is tuning up his lute. The Grave Gentleman bids us dance. He wants us to take each other’s hands and form a chain. He himself will lead us, and the actor will bring up the rear. Away from the dawn we shall go with measured tread, away to the dark lands while the rain caresses our faces. (tr. Randolph Goodman and Leif Sjoberg)

My Top 10:

1. The Seventh Seal
2. Some Like It Hot
3. The Diary of Anne Frank
4. Anatomy of a Murder
5. Ordet
6. Compulsion
7. Pather Panchali
8. Sleeping Beauty
9. Tiger Bay
10. Aparajito

Note:  There are 16 films on my list.  Two of them are listed below, as they were Consensus nominees (Ben Hur – #11, Room at the Top – #14).  The other four are all the way down at the bottom.