The film: A Complete Unknown
Nominated for: Best Picture, Sound, Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Actor in a Leading Role (Timothée Chalamet), Actor in a Supporting Role (Edward Norton), Actress in a Supporting Role (Monica Barbaro), Costume Design, Directing
Adapted from: Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric!, which explores the cultural, political, and historical context of Bob Dylan's seminal pivot from acoustic, read in audio by Sean Runnette.
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The film: Conclave
Nominated for: Best Picture, Production Design, Actor in a Leading Role (Ralph Fiennes), Actress in a Supporting Role (Isabella Rossellini), Costume Design, Film Editing, Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Music (Original Score)
Adapted from: Robert Harris’s Conclave, a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller in which the power of God is nearly equaled by the ambition of men, narrated by Roy McMillan.

The film: Nickel Boys
Nominated for: Best Picture, Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Adapted from: The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida, performed in audio by JD Jackson.
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The film: Wicked
Nominated for: Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role (Cynthia Erivo), Actress in a Supporting Role (Ariana Grande), Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Sound, Visual Effects
Adapted from: Wicked, Gregory Maguire’s wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz, told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. The basis for the Broadway musical and award-nominated feature film starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, Wicked follows Elphaba and Glinda in their university days in the Emerald City.
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The film: The Wild Robot
Nominated for: Animated Feature Film, Music (Original Score), Sound
Adapted from: The Wild Robot, Peter Brown’s bestselling middle-grade novel about a robot named Roz who opens her eyes to discover that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. The audiobook is performed by Kate Atwater.

The film: Dune: Part Two
Nominated for: Best Picture, Production Design, Sound, Visual Effects, Cinematography
Adapted from: Frank Herbert’s 1965 Nebula and Hugo Award-winning Dune, which formed the basis of science fiction’s grandest epic. This full-cast audiobook won an Audie Award and is one of our 100 Audible Essentials.
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The film: Nosferatu
Nominated for: Production Design, Cinematography, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling
Adapted from: The 1922 silent film Nosferatu, which was famously an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, hence the renamed movie and vampire, Count Orlok. This Audie-winning production stars Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, and a full cast of award-winning narrators.
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