No, but there was Da Ali G Show.
By that logic, if someone wrote an original Sherlock Holmes film (with a plot not based on any existing book), it could only be considered for adapted. Is that how it works?
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No, but there was Da Ali G Show.
By that logic, if someone wrote an original Sherlock Holmes film (with a plot not based on any existing book), it could only be considered for adapted. Is that how it works?
Probably, since it's based on a character you did not come up with.
Probably, since it's based on a character you did not come up with.
Presumably this would put The Queen in Adapted.
Aha, but the ACTUAL definition of the category involves the words "Material Previously Published."
From CNN:
The film was nominated for adapted screenplay, an odd designation for a largely improvised film, but perhaps the best the academy could come up with. (The film was "adapted" because Baron Cohen had played the character before, on his television show.)
Wouldn't "Best Documentary" be a better category?
Or, perhaps, best Mockumentary. He'd be sure to win.
perhaps the best the academy could come up with
Ya know, it didn't have to be nominated for anything.
Ya know, it didn't have to be nominated for anything.
Totally. Especially since that slot could have gone to Prestige.
throws rock at Prestige
See? I did it.