EPL Picks - Books - Oscar Nominations 2012
Annotation:In addition to nominations for Best Actor, Picture, Director, and Editing, The Descendants was also recognized for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Annotation:Drive's single Oscar nomination came in Sound Editing. The high-octane movie was based on the 2005 novel of the same name.
Annotation:The adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's book Extremely Loud & Incredibly close was nominated for two Oscars: Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor.
Annotation:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a publishing phenomenon, a Swedish movie, and now an Oscar nominated Hollywood film (including a nomination for Best Actress).
Annotation:The final installment of the Harry Potter series was divided into two parts on the big screen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was nominated for Art Direction, Makeup, and Visual Effects.
Annotation:The Help by Kathryn Stockett was a book club favourite before becoming a movie with four Academy Award nominations.
Annotation:Before it became Martin Scorsese's film Hugo, The Invention of Hugo Cabret was a very popular Caldecott-winning book.
Annotation:Oscar nominated screenwriters Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian and Stan Chervin took a popular non-fiction book and turned it into a popular movie nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.
Annotation:Colin Clark's experience on The Prince and the Showgirl form the basis for his 2011 memoir My Week with Marilyn and the movie of the same name, which received two Oscar nominations (Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor).
Annotation:Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin didn't receive a nomination for Best Animated Feature, but it did earn John Williams a nomination for Best Original Score.
Annotation:Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has been adapted before, but this version earned three Oscar nominations, including Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Annotation:War Horse was a book as well as a stage play before Steven Spielberg created the 2011 movie version. It is nominated for six awards, including Best Picture.
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Many popular movies start out as books. In fact, six of the nine best picture nominees were books before they became movies. Read the books, see the movies...and then decide if Hollywood make the right decisions. CL/MNA
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