1997 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner

Sling Blade
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.
1997 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees

Hamlet
Kenneth Branagh

The Crucible
Arthur Miller

The English Patient
Anthony Minghella
