1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Screenplay Winner and Nominees

Fargo

Joel Coen

Jerry Lundegaard’s inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen’s bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Dead Man

Jim Jarmusch

Flirting with Disaster

David O. Russell

Lone Star

John Sayles

The Funeral

Nicholas St. John