OSCAR 2021 FIRST ATTEMPT-BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
MTFB continues its first pass at predicting Oscar nominees for 2020-21 in various major categories. Today we're looking at Best Adapted Screenplay with, as always, a focus on those performances that were a part of the list of 29 films that TFF released that would have been screened as a part of TFF #47. Performers designated with *** are in films that may not be released prior to the Feb, 28, 2021 Oscar eligibility deadline. TFF#47 performers are in Bold:
1) Nomadland
2) The Father
3) One Night in Miami
4) News of the World***
5) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6) I'm Thinking of Ending Things
7) Hillbilly Elegy***
8) First Cow+++
9) The U.S. vs. Billie Holiday
10) French Exit
+++ First Cow was a TFF #46 selection.
TFF #47 RUNNING TOTALS
Here are the running totals of predicted nominations regarding TFF #47 films. I'll add to this over the next week as I add the screenplay categories.
Nomadland: Best Picture, Director (Zhao), Actress (McDormand), Supporting Actor (Stratharin), Adapted Screenplay.
Ammonite: Best Picture, Actress (Winslet), Supporting Actress (Ronan). Maybe: Director (F. Lee)
The Father: Actor (Hopkins), Supporting Actress (Colman)., Adapted Screenplay Maybe: Best Picture, Director (Zeller).
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