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Academy Awards Best Screenplays and Writers (1355 words) |
 | Best Original Story was intended to give credit to the authors of performance works (not novels) that films were based on. |
| The Maltese Falcon (1941) - (Best Screenplay - adaptation) |
| The Asphalt Jungle (1950) - (Best Screenplay - adaptation) |
| Variety.com - Award Central 2007 - A 'Syriana' surprise (528 words) |
| And I'm proud that the Academy considers it original. |
| In any given year, there are eight to 12 screenplays that change categories, but one Academy vet said the usual switch is from original to adaptation. |
| Amy Heckerling's "Clueless," for example, was considered an original, but she admitted that she was inspired by Jane Austen's "Emma" and the Acad switched it to the adapted race. |
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