The 2023 Oscars awarded Best Adapted Screenplay to the film that demonstrated exceptional adaptation of a source material. This prestigious award recognizes the skillful blending of storytelling elements from a previous work into a script that stands on its own. With fierce competition, the nominees showcased the power of translating works across different mediums, including literature, theater, or even real-life events. The winning screenplay captivated audiences with its seamless transformation, capturing the essence of the original material while adding unique and compelling layers. Ultimately, this category celebrated the art of adaptation and the talent behind creating an outstanding screenplay..
Sarah Polley’s Women Talking takes home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. It beats out contenders All Quiet on the Western Front, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Living and Top Gun: Maverick. The award was presented by Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.
Polley adapted the movie from a novel by Miriam Toews, which is about the real events in a Mennonite community in Bolivia in the mid-late 2000s. The women believe they have three options: stay and forgive, stay and fight, or leave.
Women Talking, written and directed by Sarah Polley, also won the Best Adapted Screenplay honor at the Writers Guild of America awards as well as the Critics’ Choice Movie awards. Polley made the news recently when she called out Mark Wahlberg when accepting the Robert Altman Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, since Wahlberg messed up the film’s name at the SAG awards.
Women Talking is also up for Best Picture.
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Sarah Polley’s film, Women Talking, has won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The movie beat out other contenders such as All Quiet on the Western Front and Top Gun: Maverick. Polley adapted the film from a novel by Miriam Toews, which tells the story of real events in a Mennonite community in Bolivia. The women in the film face three options: stay and forgive, stay and fight, or leave. Women Talking also won awards at the Writers Guild of America and the Critics’ Choice Movie awards. Polley recently called out Mark Wahlberg for mispronouncing the film’s name at the SAG awards. The film is also nominated for Best Picture.
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