screenplay
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Davis, Sarandon and director Ridley Scott were Oscar-nominated, and Callie Khouri won an Oscar for her screenplay.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
"They're the best of us," said Laverty, who won best screenplay at Cannes for Ken Loach's "I, Daniel Blake" and "The Wind that Shakes the Barley".
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
McKenna’s screenplay confidently moves the pieces back into place, positioning all the characters in proximity before expanding them naturally so their lives can intersect once more.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
Gadd was cast as the lead and wrote the screenplay.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
During that turbulent final week of July 1943, William Faulkner was on the other side of the world in Hollywood, California, feverishly pulling together the screenplay for the sweeping wartime movie Battle Cry.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing screenplay
Academy Awards, List 3
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