Book to Film: Academy Awards Edition
2024 nominated adaptations
Breaking news (for me, at least.) I just found out that Ryan Gosling will in fact be performing “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie and I am building this up to be the most exciting part of the evening. It had better deliver.
It’s that time of year again where we gather as a family to watch the world’s longest awards show and eat Indian food - a tradition that has been going on in my family for as long as I can remember. My father, a voting Academy member, is a screenwriter, so he does have some personal investment.
It’s just…they’re sooooo long and I can’t sit still.
This week, I thought I’d review this year’s nominated films that began as books. I haven’t categorized the specifics categories in which these films are nominated. I’ve starred the books I’ve read and I’ve bolded the titles of the films I’ve seen.
*Poor Things - originally Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.d. Scottish Public Health Officers by Alasdair Gray
American Fiction - originally Erasure by Percival Everett
*Killers of the Flower Moon - originally Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Oppenheimer - originally American Prometheus: the Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Maestro - originally Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein by Jamie Bernstein
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
*Nimona by ND Stevenson
*The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - originally The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl
The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis
The Boy and the Heron - originally How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino
Nyad - originally Find a Way by Diana Nyad
Did I miss any? I’m sure I did. let me know below. Have any favorites from this list in book or film form? My favorite was definitely Poor Things and I can’t wait to read the original novel!
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