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Billy Bob Thornton

Author of Sling Blade [1996 film]

27+ Works 567 Members 8 Reviews

About the Author

Image credit: Billy Bob Thornton. Photo by kubacheck.

Works by Billy Bob Thornton

Sling Blade [1996 film] (1996) — Director/Screenwriter — 143 copies, 1 review
The Gift [2000 film] (2001) — Screenwriter — 133 copies, 2 reviews
All the Pretty Horses [2000 film] (2000) — Director — 127 copies, 1 review
The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts (2012) — Author — 71 copies, 3 reviews
Sling Blade: A Screenplay (1996) 43 copies, 1 review
A Family Thing [1996 film] (1996) — Screenwriter — 9 copies
Homegrown [1998 film] (1998) 5 copies
Jayne Mansfield's Car [2012 film] (2012) — Director — 5 copies
Daddy & Them (2004) 3 copies
Waking Up in Reno (2003) 3 copies
Private Radio (2001) 3 copies
Tear Jerkers: 6 Movies (2014) — Director — 2 copies

Associated Works

Love Actually [2003 film] (2003) — Actor — 894 copies, 7 reviews
Princess Mononoke [1997 film] (1997) — Voice, some editions — 670 copies, 7 reviews
Armageddon [1998 film] (1998) — Actor — 532 copies, 2 reviews
Puss in Boots [2011 film] (2011) — Actor — 387 copies
Eagle Eye [2008 film] (2008) — Actor — 267 copies, 1 review
Intolerable Cruelty [2003 film] (2003) 244 copies, 5 reviews
Friday Night Lights [2004 film] (2004) — Actor — 231 copies, 2 reviews
Bad Santa [2003 film] (2003) — Actor — 187 copies, 1 review
The Man Who Wasn't There [2001 film] (2001) — Actor — 165 copies, 4 reviews
Monster's Ball [2001 film] (2001) 152 copies, 2 reviews
Faster [2010 film] (2010) 150 copies
Bandits [2001 film] (2002) 143 copies, 3 reviews
The Alamo [2004 film] (2004) 128 copies, 1 review
The Judge [2014 film] (2014) — Actor — 118 copies, 2 reviews
The Astronaut Farmer [2006 film] (2007) 109 copies, 1 review
The Ice Harvest [2005 film] (2006) 86 copies, 1 review
Fargo: Season 1 (2014) — Actor — 85 copies, 1 review
Bad News Bears [2005 film] (2005) 77 copies
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot [2016 film] (2016) — Actor — 76 copies
A Simple Plan [1998 film] (1998) 72 copies
Pushing Tin [1999 film] (1999) — Actor — 72 copies, 1 review
Mr. Woodcock [2007 film] (2008) — Actor — 63 copies
Indecent Proposal [1993 film] (1993) — Actor — 61 copies
The Apostle [1997 film] (1998) 52 copies, 1 review
On Deadly Ground [1994 film] (1994) — Actor — 48 copies, 1 review
One False Move [1992 film] (1992) — Actor — 28 copies
Our Brand is Crisis [2015 film] (2015) — Actor — 26 copies
U Turn [1997 film] (1997) — Actor — 25 copies
Bad Santa 2 [2016 film] (2016) 25 copies
For the Boys [1991 film] (1991) — Actor — 21 copies
Fargo: Season 3 (2017) — Actor — 21 copies, 2 reviews
The Baytown Outlaws [2012 film] (2012) — Actor — 15 copies
The Informers [2008 fillm] (2009) — Actor — 13 copies, 1 review
Cut Bank (2015) — Actor — 10 copies
The Badge [2002 film] (2003) — Actor — 8 copies, 1 review
Landman: Season One [2024 Television Series] (2025) — Actor — 6 copies
South of Heaven, West of Hell [2000 film] (2000) — Actor — 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1955-08-04
Gender
male
Occupations
actor
screenwriter
Relationships
Jolie, Angelina (wife|divorced)
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Associated Place (for map)
Arkansas, USA

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Reviews

9 reviews
It's no secret how much I adore Billy Bob Thornton. I think he's brilliant and amazing and incredibly, incredibly hot. When he refers to himself as Quasimodo in his new book "Cave Full of Ghosts", it makes me wonder if he owns a mirror. How Angelina Jolie went from him to Brad Pitt is a mystery to me. What a downgrade. But I digress. "Cave Full of Ghosts" is co-written with Kinky Friedman, whom I also adore. Basically Billy Bob sat down and started telling stories of his life and how he show more thinks and Kinky recorded it and transcribed it. At any rate, it's fun stuff, seeing into the mind of a genius. I wish there would have been more pictures. That would have made me a happy camper, but it was still pretty awesome :) show less
If you're a fan of Billy Bob Thornton, as I am, then you'll really like this book. If you don't like Thornton, then you're probably not going to like this book. Taken from conversations with Kinky Friedman and then transcribed, it reads just like Billy Bob talks, making the book like having a personal audience with Billy Bob Thornton.
Really enjoyable! I like that besides writing aboout his life and works that he rants, too.
This play was terrific and the movie followed it exactly, perhaps because Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed and starred in the film that he himself wrote.

Quick and very easy read with wide spacing, so easy going on the eyes.

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Works
27
Also by
39
Members
567
Popularity
#44,117
Rating
3.8
Reviews
8
ISBNs
41
Languages
1

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