Marlee Matlin presenting Michael Douglas with the Best Actor Oscar® for his performance in "Wall Street" at the 60th Annual Academy Awards® in 1988. | The Academy

"Five hundred pounds 'a cotton day in, day out. More than any man here. And 'fo that I will be clean; that all I ax." - Patsey Steve McQueen's '12 Years a Slave' won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley) at the 86th Academy Awards along with Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o) and Best Picture. The film also earned Oscar nominations for Lead Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender), Costume Design (Patricia Norris), Directing (Steve McQueen), Film Editing (Jo