Feb 27 2017
Shelf Awareness reports that five of the nine best picture nominees at this year's Academy Awards were book related and there were plentiful book related nominations in other categories. But few award winners, particularly compared with recent years.
The winners were:
Moonlight, based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney: best picture, supporting actor (Mahershala Ali), adapted screenplay (Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney)
Fences, adapted from August Wilson's play: supporting actress (Viola Davis)
Arrival, based on Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life": sound editing
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, based on the book by J.K. Rowling: costume design
The Jungle Book, based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling: visual effects.
The Stone Home
by Crystal Hana Kim
A moving family drama and coming-of-age story revealing a dark corner of South Korean history.
The House on Biscayne Bay
by Chanel Cleeton
As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide.
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