Author: Lexy Perez / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The horror film received four nominations including a best director nod for first-time nominee Jordan Peele.
Get Out continues to celebrate a successful award season after taking home the Academy Award for best original screenplay Sunday night.
The film beat fellow nominees The Big Sick (Emily V.
Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani), Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig), The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh).Feeling humbled to win his first Oscar, Peele explained the doubts he had while writing the film. “This means so much to me. I stopped writing this movie 20 times because I thought it was impossible. I thought it wasn’t going to work. I thought no one would ever make this movie,” Peele said during his acceptance speech. “But I kept coming back to it because I knew if someone let me make this movie, that people would hear it and people would see it.”
Peele then acknowledged the praise the film has received from audiences, thanking those who helped “raise my voice and let me make this movie.”
The award also made Peele the first African-American winner in his category.
The low-budget horror film earned $255 million worldwide and has dominated awards season, receiving nominations for this year’s Golden Globe and SAG awards and netting wins at the Critics’ Choice…
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