Best Original Screenplay1965 Film Fan Awards37th Academy Awards
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Best Original Screenplay Nominee

That Man from Rio (1964)

Ceremony Year: 1965Category: Best Original ScreenplayReleased: 1964
Nominated Talent & Credits
Jean-Paul Rappeneau— Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca
Ariane Mnouchkine— Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca
Daniel Boulanger— Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca
Philippe de Broca— Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe De Broca
Synopsis / Overview

French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.

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WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) — 37th Academy Awards (1965)

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