Dallas Buyers Club by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Took several years too long to get made but worth the wait and efforts. Great script.
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Category: Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle Screenplay: written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Oscar for Best Original Screenplay: Heart and Head Picks…
There was plenty of originality this year and by virtue of the screenplay Spike Jonze wrote and conveyed for “Her” and its futuristic view on relationships and their unfortunate continual difficulties Mr. Jonez seems to be the front runner. I have accepted this but it certainly wasn’t my favorite screenplay of the year. “Blue Jasmine” is Mr. Allen’s Tennessee Williams contribution of the 21st century. If they can make a musical out of “Bullets Over Broadway” they sure can make this a dramatic juggernaut on the great white way! There were two scripts which had several lives and incarnations and stops and starts, “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Nebraska.” The former for several production turnovers and the latter for Mr. Alexander Payne’s insistance on shooting the film in black and white or not at all. They gave the foundation for great performances. Mr. Bruce Dern waxed poetic about the simplicity of Mr. Bob Nelson’s script. Every single word held weight. The script I had thought would be the one to beat was “American Hustle.” It was a madcap, twist of a roller coaster ride and it incorporated some truths about a totally different era, the 70’s. My heart says “American Hustle” and my head believes “Her” will be Spike Jonze’s first of many Oscars to come.
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Best Original Screenplay-Academy Awards 2013
Best Original Screenplay-Academy Awards 2013
Mr. Tarantino…
The Heart and Head Pics
Best Supporting Actor: All these actors are award winners so there is no unwritten rule that one deserves it over another. My heart says Tommy Lee Jones for “Lincoln” but my head says Robert De Niro for “Silver Linings Playbook” in a shocker.
Best Supporting Actress: This is Anne Hathaway‘s to lose as Fantine in “Les Misérables” so that’s my head and my heart says Helen Hunt for “The Sessions.”
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino for “Django Unchained” is my heart and heads unified pick.
Best Adapted Screenplay: My heart says David O. Russell for “Silver Linings Playbook” but my head says Chris Terrio for “Argo.”
Best Animated Film: My heart says “Brave” but my head says “Wreck-It Ralph.”
Best Foreign Film: My heart says “Kon-Tiki” but my head says “Amour.”
Best Director Not Named Ben Affleck: My heart says David O. Russell but my head says Steven Spielberg.
Best Picture: My heart says “Silver Linings Playbook” but my head says “Argo.”
Overall there are about 7 films in this years round up that will be studied in film schools from now until the end of time. Ben Affleck has become our generations Clint Eastwood, and David O. Russell has softened, matured and gotten better if that’s even imaginable and say what you will Mr. Harvey Weinstein is a true Oscar legend.
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