OUTSTANDING ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Screenplay by Gillian Flynn; Based on Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

Screenplay by Gillian Robespierre; Story by Gillian Robespierre, Karen Maine & Elisabeth Holm; Based on Obvious Child written by Anna Bean, Karen Maine & Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child

Screenplay by Gia Coppola; Based on Palo Alto by James Franco, Palo Alto

Screenplay by Walter Campbell & Jonathan Glazer; Based on Under the Skin by Michel Faber, Under the Skin

Screenplay by Nick Hornby; Based on Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, Wild

AND THE WINNER IS:

SCREENPLAY BY GIA COPPOLA; BASED ON PALO ALTO BY JAMES FRANCO, PALO ALTO

This is the first win and nomination for Gia Coppola.

Palo Alto in the end was the year’s best adapted screenplay taken from the collection of interconnected short stories written by nearly renaissance man James Franco published in 2010. The story of Palo Alto the film is yet again another coming of age tale following a group of young teenagers and seeing them follow one another down quite troubling path’s is quite fascinating to watch. Gia Coppola a third generation Coppola following her grandfather Francis and aunt Sofia shows the great talent of the family creating this screenplay and all together great debut feature.