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Oscar’s Winning Books

Below are the movies either based on books, or with tie-ins that won Academy Awards last night (for the books, go to our listing of movies In Theaters Now — with Tie-ins).

Movies Based on Books

The Blind Side — Best Actress (Sandra Bullock)

The Blind Side (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Books)
Michael Lewis
Retail Price: $13.95
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company – (2009-10-12)
ISBN / EAN: 039333838X / 9780393338386

Crazy Heart — Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Song (The Weary Kind)

Crazy Heart tie-in: A Novel
Thomas Cobb
Retail Price: $13.99
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial – (2010-02-02)
ISBN / EAN: 0060915196 / 9780060915193

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire — Best Supporting Actress (Mo’Nique), Best Adapted Screenplay

Precious (Push Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries)
Sapphire
Retail Price: $13.00
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Vintage – (2009-10-20)
ISBN / EAN: 0307474844 / 9780307474841

El secreto de sus ojos — Best Foreign Film — Eduardo Sacheri’s novel La pregunta de sus ojos (The Question In Their Eyes), Buenos Aires : Galerna, 2005.

Movies with Tie-ins:

Hurt Locker — Best Picture, Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow), Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing

The Hurt Locker: The Shooting Script
Mark Boal
Retail Price: $19.95
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Newmarket Press – (2009-12-22)
ISBN / EAN: 1557049092 / 9781557049094

Avatar — Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects

The Art of Avatar: James Cameron’s Epic Adventure
Lisa Fitzpatrick
Retail Price: $29.95
Hardcover: 108 pages
Publisher: Abrams – (2009-11-30)
ISBN / EAN: 0810982862 / 9780810982864

Star Trek — Best Makeup

Star Trek: The Art of the Film
Mark Cotta Vaz
Retail Price: $29.95
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Titan Books – (2009-11-17)
ISBN / EAN: 1848566204 / 9781848566200

Up — Best Animated Feature, Best Music

Up (Read-Aloud Storybook)
RH Disney
Retail Price: $9.99
Hardcover: 72 pages
Publisher: RH/Disney – (2009-04-14)
ISBN / EAN: 0736425721 / 9780736425728

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Bird’s Best Friend (Step into Reading)
RH Disney
Retail Price: $3.99
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: RH/Disney – (2009-04-14)
ISBN / EAN: 0736425799 / 9780736425797

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Spirit of Adventure (A Stepping Stone Book)
RH Disney
Retail Price: $3.99
Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: RH/Disney – (2009-04-14)
ISBN / EAN: 0736425780 / 9780736425780

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Up (Junior Novel)
Jasmine Jones
Retail Price: $4.99
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: RH/Disney – (2009-04-14)
ISBN / EAN: 0736425845 / 9780736425841

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