AFT Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay

This is the twenty-fourth category of the 1st Annual AFT Film Awards to be announced. The AFT Awards are my own personal choices for the best in film of each year and the best in television of each season. The AFT Film Awards include the traditional Oscar categories and a number of additional specific honors. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order by film title. Winners will be announced in late February.

Runners-up:
STARTER FOR 10
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
A MIGHTY HEART
PARIS, JE T’AIME
HAIRSPRAY

The nominees:
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES (Andrew Dominik)
ATONEMENT (Christopher Hampton)
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Ronald Harwood)
GONE BABY GONE (Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard)
INTO THE WILD (Sean Penn)