There is—and could only ever be—one Billy Bob Thornton: actor, musician, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and accidental Hollywood badass. In The Billy Bob Tapes, he leads us into his Cave Full of Ghosts, spinning colorful tales of his modest (to say the least) Southern upbringing, his bizarre phobias (komoda dragons?), his life, his loves (including his marriage to fellow Oscar winner Angelina Jolie), and, of course, his movie career. Best of all, he’s feeding these truly incredible stories and righteous philosophical rants through his close friend, Kinky Friedman—legendary country music star, bestselling author, would-be politician, and all-around bon vivant. Put these two iconoclasts together and you get a star’s story that’s actually an insightful pop culture manifesto—a hybrid offspring of Born Standing Up with Sh*t My Dad Says.

The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts

FRIEDMAN, Kinky

Thornton, Billy Bob

Humor & Entertainment

William Morrow

Reference

William Morrow Paperbacks

Sling Blade won the 1997 Academy Award for best original screenplayKarl has just been released from an asylum some twenty-five years after he committed a gruesome murder, returns to the town of his youth. His gentle manner and simple charm land him a job, and lead him into an unlikely friendship with a young boy and his widowed mother. But when the mother's abusive boyfriend appears, this simple man is thrust into a combustible situation that could have powerful, moving consequences for all.Billy Bob Thornton is one of Hollywood's most promising writer/directors, and Sling Blade was shown at the 1998 London Film Festival to great acclaim

Slingblade

Movies

Methuen Drama

Sling Blade, winner of the 1996 Academy Award for best screenplay, is the powerful story of Karl, who returns to his hometown after serving 25 years in a mental hospital for committing a gruesome crime. There he befriends a young boy and develops a close relationship with the boy and his widowed mother. These relationships evolve quickly and, ultimately, Karl's feelings for the mother and son lead him to a selfless act. Writer Billy Bob Thornton demonstrates a searing insight into the lives of ordinary people, portraying with equal skill both the good and bad who inhabit the small Arkansas town. Sling Blade is both the tale of one man's struggle to reconcile his life and of love's ultimate redemptive power.

Sling Blade: A Screenplay

Miramax

Does your man pace the floor and shout at the TV when he’s watching a close game?Does he have a list of jinxes and rituals that he believes will impact the score?Does half of his wardrobe feature the logos of his favorite teams?If you answered “yes” to any of these questions you may have yourself a sports-obsessed guy.Ernestine Sclafani Bayless is a lot like you. She enjoys spending free time shopping, going to concerts, the movies, and the theater: pretty much anything other than watching sports. When she started dating and then married Skip Bayless, one of the most influential figures in sports media, something had to give. This book is about how she kept her relationship alive—and still going strong—while learning how to coexist with his “other woman” whom she’s come to know, live with, and put a name to: sports.“I’m pretty sure nobody watches sports more than I do. (It’s my job, my LIFE.) That means few if any relationships are as threatened by sports as ours is. But we have survived—even thrived—because of my wife Ernestine, who is NOT a sports fan. This book is about how she has pulled it off and how you can too.” —Skip Bayless

Balls: How to keep your relationship alive when you live with a sports-obsessed guy

Bayless, Skip

Rapaport, Michael

Smith, Stephen A.

Dillon, Kevin

Gill, Vince

Bayless, Ernestine Sclafani

Wayne, Lil

Sharpe, Shannon

Biographies & Memoirs

Sourced Media Books

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