Based On... Part 1

This is a special series I'm starting to help promote the various books, memoirs, short stories and plays that have either won or have been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay by the Academy Award. Now I'm not saying people should read the source material before they see the movie. In my opinion, one should not have to homework to watch a movie. The movie should be able to stand up on it's own. But, at the same time I feel that people sadly over look the source material which is a shame. So I'm putting a spotlight on them in the hopes that some people out there will pick them up. Now I haven't read all of these books and original source material, I'm just putting a spotlight on them because if these were worthy enough to be adapted into a script (And be nominated for an Oscar) than the original source material must be worth a look as well.

* = Winner

I'll do two groups of nominees at a time. First on up... the nominees this year for the 86th. Academy Awards.

Captain Phillips 
Based on book A Captain's Duty by Richard Phillips
Adapted by Billy Ray
Film director by Paul Greengrass

 Philomena
Based on book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith
Adapted by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
Film directed by Stephen Frears

12 Years a Slave
Based on the memoir 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup.
Adapted by John Ridley
Film Directed by Steve McQueen

The Wolf of Wall Street
Based on the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
Adapted by Terence Winter
Film directed by Martin Scorsese















Now the 85th Academy Awards:

Argo*
Based on the book The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez
and
the article The Great Escape by Joshua Bearman
Adapted by Chris Terrio
Film directed by Ben Affleck

 Beasts of the Southern Wild
Based on the play Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar
Adapted by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Film directed by Benh Zeitlin

 Life of Pi
Based on the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Adapted by David Magee
Film directed by Ang Lee

Lincoln
Based on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Adapted by Tony Kushner
Film directed by Steven Spielberg

Silver Linings Playbook
Based on the novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
Adapted by David O. Russell
Film directed by David O. Russell














The reason I'm not including Before Midnight in this is because it's based on characters from an original script. This series of articles is meant to spotlight books, memoirs, short stories, plays and other forms of printed stories.