tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post6058830488924074745..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 1939SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-6629661560695642772015-01-05T16:01:10.128-06:002015-01-05T16:01:10.128-06:00@Chip--The main reason I'm spending January in...@Chip--The main reason I'm spending January in 1939 is because it's a hard year on all counts. None of these is going to be easy.<br /><br />@Chris--Good point. I didn't specifically give the credit to Mitchell for the screenplay, just the novel, but Sidney Howard does deserve the lion's share of the credit. Ben Hecht worked on it, too, but it was still mostly Howard's work.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41430212060380437402015-01-05T11:39:38.790-06:002015-01-05T11:39:38.790-06:00Unless I missed it, nobody has mentioned the impor...Unless I missed it, nobody has mentioned the important name of Sidney Howard. Howard did a lot more on the screenplay for Gone With the Wind than Margaret Mitchell did. His adaptation (and I have read the book) is probably the most deserved Oscar that Gone with the Wind received. But I also liked Ninotchka very much and one of the reasons is the great screenplay. So I agree with your top two choices. 1001: A Film Odyssey is produced, directed and written by Chris, a librarian.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04803620768028761898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-17402838173496082192015-01-05T11:27:02.258-06:002015-01-05T11:27:02.258-06:00The others have already said it, but there were so...The others have already said it, but there were so many great movies this year it's hard to say what should and should not have been nominated. Other than The Wizard of Oz I haven't read any of the source material for any of the nominees, or possible nominees. That makes it hard to tell which one might have done the best job adapting the story from a different medium into a movie that worked, What makes a great novel or stage play often does not work for a movie, and vice-versa.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-2259051744806819652015-01-04T12:05:03.568-06:002015-01-04T12:05:03.568-06:00Hard not to love The Wizard of Oz. Actually, it...Hard not to love <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>. Actually, it's hard not to love a lot of the movies from 1939.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-87161090870991784512015-01-04T09:05:54.913-06:002015-01-04T09:05:54.913-06:00So many amazing movies to choose from in 1939, one...So many amazing movies to choose from in 1939, one the best in American film history, and while the Wizard of Oz is still my favourite from that year, I think Oscar did get it right in this case as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-3818097658458970872015-01-03T08:25:33.176-06:002015-01-03T08:25:33.176-06:00I agree on both Stagecoach and The Wizard of Oz. I...I agree on both <i>Stagecoach</i> and <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>. I think I might also add <i>Of Mice and Men</i> because it's a very accurate and excellent adaptation of the book to the film. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-62785113910572767342015-01-03T02:37:10.872-06:002015-01-03T02:37:10.872-06:00Gone With the Wind could easily have drowned by th...Gone With the Wind could easily have drowned by the shear scale of the story, but manage to keep it together. That is really enough to win this award. Of the nominees I agree on Ninotchka as 2nd. For the rest I would have replaced them with other movies not nominated. The Stagecoach and Wizard of Oz were robbed by not getting nominations.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-35173622934386364932015-01-02T22:50:52.612-06:002015-01-02T22:50:52.612-06:001939 is difficult. That's sort of the point be...1939 is difficult. That's sort of the point behind doing the whole year in January. I want to put it behind me because I think all of these categories are going to be hard to decide.<br /><br />It was a hell of a year, and that makes these choices difficult.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-49467933692694831122015-01-02T22:49:55.197-06:002015-01-02T22:49:55.197-06:00The Women is still a hole in my viewing, so I can&...<i>The Women</i> is still a hole in my viewing, so I can't comment on it. I do love Billy Wilder, though, so it certainly makes sense that I would like it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-52648940345885192972015-01-02T16:58:17.827-06:002015-01-02T16:58:17.827-06:00I admire your courage in sorting out the Oscar cat...I admire your courage in sorting out the Oscar categories for the great movies of 1939. <br /><br />I usually don't have any trouble following along in your Oscar posts and agreeing or disagreeing and picking a favorite. But 1939 is TOUGH!<br /><br />I think <i>Gone with the Wind</i> is the winner in this category from what was nominated, but throw in <i>The Women</i> and it gets a lot tougher!<br /><br />And I don't even want to make a final choice for Best Picture! I was already having trouble choosing between <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> and <i>Hunchback</i> and <i>Stagecoach</i>, but now that I've been reminded of <i>The Women</i>, I don't think I have the strength to choose! Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-3973967296076007932015-01-02T16:14:33.844-06:002015-01-02T16:14:33.844-06:00I forgot The Women was 1939! It should definitely ...I forgot <i>The Women</i> was 1939! It should definitely have been included in some of the nomination categories.<br /><br />And it would have been tough to chose between <i>The Women</i> and <i>Gone with the Wind</i> in the screenplay category.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-10566828930295706012015-01-02T16:05:35.427-06:002015-01-02T16:05:35.427-06:00The Women is just chock full of zingers that you w...The Women is just chock full of zingers that you would have thought the Academy might have appreciated. Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett could have been nominated in any other year for their very witty Midnight script. On the other hand with the actual nominees so strong, it's hard to fault the Academy here and I have to agree with you on the winner. Even with such a long movie, a lot had to but cut from the novel and the writers did a wonderful job.marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.com