Heck, it got nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three, including Best Adapted Screenplay.
British writing has also been celebrated this year, with two nominations in the best adapted screenplay shortlist.
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The film received nominations for Best Actress, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The best adapted screenplay Oscar went to Chris Terrio for Argo, while Pixar's Scottish adventure Brave won best animated feature.
Matt Maytum, news editor at Total Film magazine, suggested Before Midnight, set in the Greek islands and nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
In an ideal world, it would be nominated in the best adapted screenplay, best director, best actor and probably best actress categories.
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The romantic comedy-drama has also been nominated for best adapted screenplay.
"Benjamin Button, " a noughties update of "Forrest Gump" could also pick up an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Eric Roth who won the accolade for "Forrest Gump" in 1995.
In The Loop nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
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David O Russell was rewarded with the best adapted screenplay prize for Silver Linings Playbook, but hotly tipped Oscar contender Jennifer Lawrence and her co-star Bradley Cooper missed out in the acting categories.
The riveting film "Precious" yielded a best supporting actress win for African-American performer Mo'Nique, and the first ever statuette for an African-American screenwriter in the best adapted screenplay category went to Geoffrey Fletcher.
In the Heat of the Night A classic crime drama about a black police detective attempting to solve a murder in the Deep South during the 1960s, the film won multiple Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor.
Best Screenplay (Adapted) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Fantasy genre films rarely win Best Picture, but Academy voters will surely have to pay tribute to J.
The film is up for best picture at the Oscars, where Russell is nominated for adapted screenplay and director and Cooper and Lawrence are in the running for the lead-acting honors.
Shadow Dancer, adapted from a novel by ITN journalist Tom Bradby, is also nominated for best screenplay.
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