Heck, it got nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three, including Best Adapted Screenplay.
The adapted screenplay award went to Chris Terrio for Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama.
Russell won the adapted screenplay prize for "Silver Linings Playbook, " a comedy about characters confronting mental illness.
British writing has also been celebrated this year, with two nominations in the best adapted screenplay shortlist.
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After the pair won for adapted screenplay, Ethan Coen gave a brief thanks.
The film received nominations for Best Actress, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The best adapted screenplay Oscar went to Chris Terrio for Argo, while Pixar's Scottish adventure Brave won best animated feature.
Matt Maytum, news editor at Total Film magazine, suggested Before Midnight, set in the Greek islands and nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
In an ideal world, it would be nominated in the best adapted screenplay, best director, best actor and probably best actress categories.
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" Mr. Linklater and his lead actors were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for their second feature, "Before Sunset.
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Comedy writers Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche are all nominated in the adapted screenplay category for In The Loop.
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An Education was brought to the big screen by celebrated British writer Nick Hornby, who has been named in the adapted screenplay category.
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The romantic comedy-drama has also been nominated for best adapted screenplay.
Boyle and writer Simon Beaufoy get an adapted screenplay nod for 127 Hours, while The Illusionist - a UK-French co-production - is up for best animated feature.
"Benjamin Button, " a noughties update of "Forrest Gump" could also pick up an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Eric Roth who won the accolade for "Forrest Gump" in 1995.
Moonrise Kingdom and The Master are among the films nominated for the Writers Guild's original screenplay prize, while Argo, Life of Pi and Lincoln compete for its adapted screenplay honour.
The film is up for best picture at the Oscars, where Russell is nominated for adapted screenplay and director and Cooper and Lawrence are in the running for the lead-acting honors.
In The Loop nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
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David O Russell was rewarded with the best adapted screenplay prize for Silver Linings Playbook, but hotly tipped Oscar contender Jennifer Lawrence and her co-star Bradley Cooper missed out in the acting categories.
The riveting film "Precious" yielded a best supporting actress win for African-American performer Mo'Nique, and the first ever statuette for an African-American screenwriter in the best adapted screenplay category went to Geoffrey Fletcher.
He was recognized for the adapted screenplay, and he co-produced the film with George Clooney and Grant Heslov, so he's on the best picture list -- but he'll have to wait for the other trophies.
In the Heat of the Night A classic crime drama about a black police detective attempting to solve a murder in the Deep South during the 1960s, the film won multiple Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor.
Reitman also shrewdly adapted the screenplay from Christopher Buckley's savage satiric novel.
Swansea playwright Binda Singh adapted the screenplay from his own play about a student who travels to the city in search of answers to a family riddle.
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Rhythmically directed by actor Scott Cooper, who adapted the screenplay from a novel by Thomas Cobb, Crazy Heart is largely the story of Jean and Bad's up-and-down romance.
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The screenplay, brilliantly adapted by the husband-and-wife team of Cyrus and Betsy Nowrasteh from the true story captured by a Franco-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sadebjam and directed by Mr. Nowrasteh, cries out for justice.
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Several of Irving's novels have been adapted into films, and his own screenplay for Cider House earned him an Oscar.
Minghella also wrote the screenplay for the film, which was adapted from the book by Charles Frazier.
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