Screenplays adapted for the Oscars 2019

A 2019 Academy Awards ceremony is about to take place (February 24th) and I'm wondering February) and I'm here wondering: which book adaptations are in the top choices to receive the statuette? You know what? research I've done, I've identified a few books and I've even purchased a few copies. So, let's get to the list:

The Klan

A book based on a true story that inspired the movie competing for six categories at the 2019 Oscars (best picture, supporting actor, adapted screenplay, best editing, best director editing, best director and original soundtrack). The plot of The Klan happens from Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Colorado Springs Police Department, comes into contact with the Ku Klux Klan, after reading an ad in a local newspaper calling on people to join the organization. organization. He pretends to be a white man with an extremely racist and xenophobic speech. and xenophobic. At this point, the biggest undercover investigation in the history history. It's an unbelievably real story, along the lines of thriller, set against a backdrop of racism and terrorism.   

If Beale Street could talk

This novel by Jame Baldwin, originally written in 1974, was adapted for the big screens in a movie of the same name. If Beale Street could talk is competing in three Oscar 2019 categories: supporting actress, original soundtrack and adapted screenplay. adapted screenplay. At a time when racism in the United States was even more pulsating, the story tells the story of a young couple (Tish and Fonny) and their struggles to stay together. difficulties in staying together. Between family problems, there is an abrupt when the young man is arrested and accused of raping a woman. woman. Amid a history full of racism and social injustice, Tish and her family spend their lives desperately trying to prove their fiancé's innocence. fiancé. The book, narrated by Tish, shows the common and simple language of a 19-year-old girl, but it is equally painful and painful.

Can you forgive me?

A that can be said to be sad and funny in just the right way. This is how characterize the film Could you forgive me? an adaptation of the book of the same name. A true story, which tells of a main character, a decadent journalist and writer, who over time the public and went out of fashion. Going through financial problems, she, a 51-year-old woman, gay, hostile, with a sharp wit and repulsed by any kind of relationship, decides to forge and sell letters and deceased personalities, a business that worked out very well. However, a crime. The plot develops in this desperate quest to re-establish himself financially and financial re-establishment and takes on major proportions. This movie is up for three statuettes: best actress, best supporting actor and adapted screenplay.

The first man: the life of Neil Armstrong

The book First Man: the life of Neil Armstrong is a biography written and published in 2005, which inspired the movie of the same name. The film is up for four Oscar categories: sound editing, sound mixing, art direction and visual effects. The American director only 33 years old, Damien Chazelle, the same director of La La Land, has already achieved a respectable in the film industry. The story tells of the arrival of man - Neil Armstrong - to the moon, and all the mystique surrounding that date - July 1969 - so emblematic. 1969 - so emblematic. The astronaut's famous phrase "It's one small step for a a small step for one man, but a giant leap for mankind" was heard around the world with great apprehension. with great apprehension. The exquisite biography tells the story of this discreet and from his childhood to the details of the Apollo 11 operation. Throughout his life, there were many obstacles to fame. Printed on its pages, you can see the careful research carried out by historian James R. Hansen, who interviewed more than 120 people and had access to family family documents that have enriched this biography.   

The return of Mary Poppins

This movie, competing for statuettes in three categories - best costume design, best original soundtrack original soundtrack and best art direction - is a compilation of a series of eight published between 1934 and 1988. They are: Mary Poppisn; Mary Poppins comes back; Mary Poppins opens the door, Mary Poppins in the park; Mary Poppins from A to Z; Mary Poppings in cherry tree lane; Mary Poppings in the kitchen, Mary Poppings and the house next door. The story is based on the return of Jane and Michael Banks (now adults with children of their own) to a London sunk in the great depression of 1929. With her magical abilities, she help the family get through that difficult time and make them smile again. smile again.