1973 New Category

And next up is...

...Screenplay!

This is the first time a screenplay category has come up, so I'll explain how I'm going to do them.

Today, we mainly know Screenplay as two categories: Best Story and Screenplay Not Previously Produced or Published and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Or, as they're more often called, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.

But these categories have changed a lot, and I mean a lot throughout the years. For example, Best Original Story used to be a different category from Best Screenplay Not Previously Produced or Published, and there was a time when you could be awarded for Best Screenplay and Best Adaptation, among other things.

So, I'm just making "screenplay" the category draw and then doing each category for that year separately, and as always, in alphabetical order.

That being said, Best Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Produced or Published is technically the first category this year, alphabetically, when going by full title, which I will be for each year.

The nominees for this award in 1973 were:

• American Graffiti, written by George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck
• Cries and Whispers, written by Ingmar Bergman
• Save the Tiger, written by Steve Shagan
• The Sting, written by David S. Ward
• A Touch of Class written by Melvin Frank and Jack Rose

As you might have already figured out, one of these I've already talked about, so I won't bother doing another post on it. I didn't speak directly about the screenplay in the review, but I will in the category write-up.

So, next up is American Graffiti.