``The Hours''' Cunningham and Hare Win 15th Annual USC Scripter Award.Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2003 Author Michael Cunningham Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. and screenwriter David Hare are the winners of the 15th USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. Scripter(R) Award -- the only honor that recognizes both the author and screenwriter of a film adaptation -- for their work on Paramount Pictures' and Miramax Films' "The Hours." "The Hours" chronicles a day in the life of three women in different eras linked by common fears and desires. Nicole Kidman plays Virginia Woolf in 1920s suburban London as she begins writing "Mrs. Dalloway"; Julianne Moore plays a post-World War II housewife and mother who is reading "Mrs. Dalloway" and contemplating a major change in her life; and Meryl Streep plays a modern "Mrs. Dalloway," so nicknamed by her former lover, for whom she is throwing a party -- paralleling Woolf's heroine in the novel. Michael Cunningham received both the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for fiction Independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. Fellowship in 1988 and a Michener Fellowship from the University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. in 1982. He published his first novel, "A Home at the End of the World," in 1990, followed by "Flesh and Blood" in 1995. David Hare began writing in 1975 for the National Theatre in London, which produced his plays "Plenty" (1978), "A Map of the World" (1983) and "Pravda" (1985). His screen credits include 1985's "Plenty," starring Meryl Streep and Sting, and "Damage" (aka "Fatale"), the 1992 Louis Malle film starring Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche. Hare has directed many of his own works, as well as those of other playwrights, and has written several teleplays for the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. . The prolific Hare's most recent plays include "Amy's View" (1997) and "The Judas Kiss" (1998). His work has garnered a BAFTA Baf´ta n. 1. A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export. Award (1979), the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Drama Critics Circle Award (1983), the Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear (1985), the Olivier Award (1990) and the London Theatre Critics' Award (1990). Winner of this year's Golden Globe for best drama and best actress-drama (Nicole Kidman), "The Hours" also was named best picture by the National Board of Review. The Seattle Film Critics awarded David Hare kudos for best adapted screenplay. "The Hours" is directed by Stephen Daldry, who was nominated for an Academy Award(R) for best director for "Billy Elliot" in 2001. Legendary screenwriter Robert Towne (Academy Award(R) winner for "Chinatown") -- chair of this year's 56-member selection committee -- announced the winners today on behalf of the Friends of the USC Libraries, which sponsors the award. "I want to congratulate not just Mr. Hare and Mr. Cunningham, but all of the nominees for the intelligence, talent and, indeed, the originality that informed these adaptations," said Towne. "I'd also like to thank the selection committee for its considerable efforts. Having to compare and contrast the source material, the film adaptation and the film itself is a highly demanding process." The selection committee is comprised of Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is a term often referring to the joint efforts of the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west. Jointly, the two guilds act as the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and members, Academy Award(R)-winning and -nominated screenwriters, authors, film industry executives, faculty, and selected members of the Friends of the USC Libraries. The committee narrows down the year's eligible films to five nominees and then chooses that year's best film adaptation. The annual black-tie dinner honoring the winning collaboration will be held on Saturday, March 15 in the Edward L. Doheny Edward Laurence Doheny (August 10, 1856 - September 8, 1935) was an American oil tycoon. Doheny was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. His family history reaches back to Ireland when his family fled in the wake of the Great Famine. Jr. Memorial Library on the USC campus. This year's emcee and presenters will be announced over the next few weeks. The other nominees for the 15th Scripter Award were author Louis Begley and screenwriters Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor for "About Schmidt"; Susan Orlean, whose book "The Orchid Thief" provided the inspiration for "Adaptation," and screenwriters Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman; author J.R.R. Tolkien and screenwriters Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson for "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"; and screenwriter Ronald Harwood and the late Wladyslaw Szpilman, on whose life and book, "Death of a City," the film "The Pianist" is based. The Scripter Award is given annually to honor the best adaptation among English-language films based on books or novellas This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by [ expanding it]. This is a selected list of novellas that have gained fame and/or critical and public acclaim. that were released the previous year. Past Scripter winners include the authors and screenwriters of "A Beautiful Mind," "Wonder Boys," "A Civil Action," "L.A. Confidential," "The English Patient," "Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, that was first published in 1811. It was the first of Austen's novels to be published, under the pseudonym "A Lady". ," "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Schindler's List." For more information, visit http://scripter.usc.edu. |
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