FILM #11
OF 39
95TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2023 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
FEBRUARY 11, 2023
NETFLIX
DAY 19
OF 48
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Written by Rian Johnson
Based on Characters by Rian Johnson
Rian Johnson knows how to write mystery, and thank God he’s willing to go back to the well with his detective character Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig. Both of his “Knives Out” films have now been nominated for Best Screenplay by the Academy. With an entirely new cast (apart from Craig) and a new mystery, “Glass Onion” sets the stakes and then turns them on their heads several times over.
PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS
Rian Johnson
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Best Original Screenplay | “Knives Out” | Nominee |
Benoit Blanc returns to peel back the layers in a new Rian Johnson whodunit. This fresh adventure finds the intrepid detective at a lavish private estate on a Greek island, but how and why he comes to be there is only the first of many puzzles. Blanc soon meets a distinctly disparate group of friends gathering at the invitation of billionaire Miles Bron for their yearly reunion. Among those on the guest list are Miles’ former business partner Andi Brand, current Connecticut governor Claire Debella, cutting-edge scientist Lionel Toussaint, fashion designer and former model Birdie Jay and her conscientious assistant Peg, and influencer Duke Cody and his sidekick girlfriend Whiskey. As in all the best murder mysteries, each character harbors their own secrets, lies and motivations. When someone turns up dead, everyone is a suspect.
Directed by Rian Johnson
Netflix
November 23, 2022
140 minutes
ACCOLADES
AACTA International Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Austin Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Capri, Hollywood Awards — Capri Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Chicago Indie Critics Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Columbus Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Critics Association of Central Florida Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Critics Choice Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Denver Film Critics Society Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
DiscussingFilm Critics Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Georgia Film Critics Association — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Gold Derby Awards — Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Golden Globe Awards — Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Nominee)
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Hollywood Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Online Association of Female Film Critics Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Online Film Critics Society Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Producer Guild Awards — Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (Nominee)
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Script (Nominee)
Portland Critics Association Awards — Best Screenplay [Winner]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Satellite Awards — Best Screenplay, Adapted (Nominee)
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards — Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay [Winner]
Writers Guild of America Award — Adapted Screenplay (Nominee)
EXPERT PREDICTIONS
1. “Women Talking” — Sarah Polley
2. “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
3. “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” — Rian Johnson
4. “Top Gun: Maverick” — Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
5. “Living” — Kazuo Ishiguro
PERSONAL PREDICTIONS
1. “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” — Rian Johnson
2. “Women Talking” — Sarah Polley
3. “Top Gun: Maverick” — Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
4. “All Quiet on the Western Front” — Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
5. “Living” — Kazuo Ishiguro
