1997 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees
Emma
Douglas McGrath
The Birdcage
Elaine May
The English Patient
Anthony Minghella
