The Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2022 have been announced. The prestigious award went to the film “The Power of the Dog,” written by Jane Campion. The movie, based on a novel by Thomas Savage, follows a complex family dynamic set in the American West. Campion’s exceptional adaptation of the source material impressed the Academy members, securing her the win. Other contenders in the category included acclaimed films like “Dune,” “Belfast,” “Macbeth,” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” “The Power of the Dog” has now etched its place in cinematic history with this well-deserved recognition..
Siân Heder’s CODA takes home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. It beats out contenders The Lost Daughter, Drive My Car, Dune and The Power of the Dog. The award was presented by Tracey Ellis Ross and Shawn Mendes.
CODA stands for Child of Deaf Adults, and that child is the protagonist of the film. Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the only one in her family who isn’t deaf, and because of that, she becomes her family’s means of communication with the rest of the community. At the same time, she is othered in school by association, due to her family’s difference. All her life, Ruby believed her path was laid out for her: her family is her life and work on the fishing boat was all she could envision for her future. But choir changes everything.
CODA, written and directed by Siân Heder, also won the Best Adapted Screenplay honor at the Writers Guild of America awards. The film is based on the 2014 French film “La Famille Bélier”. The film is also up for Best Picture, and is the underdog favourite to win against Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. We’ll see which film triumphs by the end of the night.
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The film CODA, directed by Siân Heder, won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The movie centers around a child of deaf adults named Ruby, who becomes her family’s means of communication with the rest of the community. Despite feeling othered in school, she believes her future is predetermined until she joins a choir. CODA is based on the 2014 French film “La Famille Bélier” and is also nominated for Best Picture. It is considered an underdog favorite against “The Power of the Dog.”
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