A local poll of Team TVWriter™ has discovered that our favorite of the nominees for Best Original Screenplay is Arrival and our fave nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay is Moonlight, with Hidden Figures right on its heels.
These screenplays and their competition are all worthwhile reading, which brings us to our Valentine’s Day gift for you. Here are links to all the Oscar nominated screenplays in this year’s competition. Except, unfortunately, The Lobster. Sorry, but we haven’t found that one anywhere. (Guess its producers don’t want to share the goodies.)
- Hell or High Water, written by Taylor Sheridan
- La La Land, written by Damien Chazelle
- Manchester by the Sea, written by Kenneth Lonergan
- 20th Century Women, written by Mike Mills
- Arrival, screenplay by Eric Heisserer, based on the short story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
- Fences, screenplay by August Wilson, based on his play
- Hidden Figures, screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
- Lion, screenplay by Luke Davies, based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
- Moonlight, screenplay by Barry Jenkins, based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney