from www.chicagotribune.com/ column posted by Writer Steve Johnson (Monday afternoon 2/28/11):
Q: Why was "Toy Story 3" in best adapted screenplay? And why was "The King's Speech" in best original screenplay despite director Tom Hooper suggesting on the broadcast it had been a play in England before the film was made?
A: Sequel screenplays are considered adaptations of the original; sorry, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon." With "Speech," David Seidler wrote the story first as a screenplay, then a play to find the essence of his story, then a screenplay again.
Q: Was cinematography winner Wally Pfister ("Inception") trying to make a point during his acceptance speech by thanking his "union crew"?
A: He was. Backstage, Pfister said the union-related clashes "going on in Wisconsin is kind of madness right now. … I've been a union member for 30 years, and what the union has given to me is security." It was the evening's second-most political moment, after best documentary winner Bruce Ferguson ("Inside Job") pointing out that no financial execs have gone to jail despite what he characterized as the "massive fraud" that caused the economic meltdown.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/sc-ent-0228-oscar-folo-20110228,0,785257.column
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