Kelly won for HBO’s “Big Little Lies” took the award for best longform adapted script and Lifetime’s “Flint,” written by Barbara Stepansky, won for best longform original. He told Variety on the red carpet that he’s still trying to figure out why “Call Me by Your Name” resonated and speculated that the current climate was particularly receptive for an emotional love storyĭavid E. Ivory won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for adaptations on Saturday. He received a trio of Oscar nominations for directing “The Remains of the Day,” “Howards End” and “Room with a View.”Īll five scripts in the adapted category also received Oscar nominations. “I’m astonished by all this! I just wanted to go and make a film in Italy again,” said a delighted Ivory said in his acceptance. Ivory’s screenplay has been widely praised for its empathy in portraying the nuances of a story of first love. The script is based on Andre Aciman’s 2007 novel of a romantic relationship between a 17-year-old American boy and a visiting 24-year-old American scholar in 1983 Italy. Ivory’s screenplay won over Aaron Sorkin’s “Molly’s Game,” Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber’s “The Disaster Artist,” Dee Rees and Virgil Williams’ “Mudbound,” and Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green for “Logan.”
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