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1966 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerDoctor ZhivagoRobert BoltThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.Amazon1966 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Thousand ClownsHerb GardnerAmazonCat BallouWalter NewmanAmazonShip of FoolsAbby MannAmazonThe CollectorStanley MannAmazon

1965 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerBecketEdward AnhaltKing Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.Amazon1965 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombStanley KubrickAmazonMary PoppinsBill WalshAmazonMy Fair LadyAlan Jay LernerAmazonZorba the GreekMichael CacoyannisAmazon

1964 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerTom JonesJohn OsborneThe romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th century England.Amazon1964 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesCaptain Newman, M.D.Richard L. BreenAmazonHudIrving RavetchAmazonLilies of the FieldJames PoeAmazonSundays and CybèleSerge BourguignonAmazon

1963 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerTo Kill a MockingbirdHorton FooteAtticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.Amazon1963 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesDavid and LisaEleanor PerryAmazonLawrence of ArabiaRobert BoltAmazonLolitaVladimir NabokovAmazonThe Miracle WorkerWilliam GibsonAmazon

1962 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerJudgment at NurembergAbby MannIn 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.Amazon1962 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBreakfast at Tiffany'sGeorge AxelrodAmazonThe Guns of NavaroneCarl ForemanAmazonThe HustlerSidney CarrollAmazonWest Side StoryErnest LehmanAmazon

1961 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerElmer GantryRichard BrooksA fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.Amazon1961 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesInherit the WindNedrick YoungAmazonSons and LoversGavin LambertAmazonThe SundownersIsobel LennartAmazonTunes of GloryJames KennawayAmazon

1960 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerRoom at the TopNeil PatersonAn ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.Amazon1960 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAnatomy of a MurderWendell MayesAmazonBen-HurKarl TunbergAmazonSome Like It HotBilly WilderAmazonThe Nun's StoryRobert AndersonAmazon

1959 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerGigiAlan Jay LernerWeary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.Amazon1959 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesCat on a Hot Tin RoofRichard BrooksAmazonI Want to Live!Nelson GiddingAmazonSeparate TablesTerence RattiganAmazonThe Horse's MouthAlec GuinnessAmazon

1958 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Bridge on the River KwaiPierre BoulleBritish POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies' plans to destroy it.Amazon1958 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees12 Angry MenReginald RoseAmazonHeaven Knows, Mr. AllisonJohn Lee MahinAmazonPeyton PlaceJohn Michael HayesAmazonSayonaraPaul OsbornAmazon

1957 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerAround the World in 80 DaysJames PoeA Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.Amazon1957 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBaby DollTennessee WilliamsAmazonFriendly PersuasionMichael WilsonAmazonGiantFred GuiolAmazonLust for LifeNorman CorwinAmazon