By Craig Kennedy - January 4th, 2013; 10:11 am
The only one I got wrong was picking Cloud Atlas instead of Perks of Being a Wallflower for Adapted. I kind of knew Cloud Atlas was screwed, but I never would’ve predicted that Wallflower would get it.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Flight, Written by John Gatins; Paramount Pictures
- Looper, Written by Rian Johnson; TriStar Pictures
- The Master, Written by Paul Thomas Anderson; The Weinstein Company
- Moonrise Kingdom, Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola; Focus Features
- Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal; Columbia Pictures
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Argo, Screenplay by Chris Terrio; Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman; Warner Bros. Pictures
- Life of Pi, Screenplay by David Magee; Based on the novel by Yann Martel; 20th Century Fox
- Lincoln, Screenplay by Tony Kushner; Based in part on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin; DreamWorks Pictures
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky; Based on his book; Summit Entertainment
- Silver Linings Playbook, Screenplay by David O. Russell; Based on the novel by Matthew Quick; The Weinstein Company
Filed under: Awards
The Perks of Being A Wallflower wound up making my Top 10 list. It’s a superbly written film, though I am not meaning to imply that it’s nom here should have been at the expense of Cloud Atlas. Just that I would have Wallflower in the final five.
Otherwise these noms were fine and predictable.