In 2010, “The Social Network” faced three of the other four Scripter nominees - “127 Hours,” “True Grit” and “Winter’s Bone” - at the Oscars. In 2011, three of the five Scripter nominees went on to Oscar bids: “Moneyball” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” joined double-winner “ The Descendants,” along with two films left out by the academy: “A Dangerous Method” and “Jane Eyre.” In 2012, all five Oscar nominees were cited by the Scripter Award: “ Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “ Life of Pi,” “ Lincoln,” “ Silver Linings Playbook,” and the winner of both prizes, “ Argo.” They were joined by a sixth Scripter nominee that didn’t contend at the Oscars: “ The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” Last year, three of the Oscar nominees for Adapted Screenplay first contended here: double champ “12 Years a Slave” as well as “Captain Phillips” and “Philomena.” The Scripter race was rounded out by “The Spectacular Now” and “What Maisie Knew” while the Oscar category added “Before Midnight” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” UPDATED:: Experts’ Oscars predictions in 24 categories The other repeat winners were “A Beautiful Mind” (2001), “L.A.
As it excludes stage-to-screen adaptations and foreign-language films, the Scripter has forecast just 10 of the eventual Oscar winners for Best Adapted Screenplay, but six of those came in the past seven years: “12 Years a Slave” (2013), “ Argo” (2012), “ The Descendants” (2011), “The Social Network” (2010), “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), and “No Country for Old Men” (2007).
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