Billy bob thornton born august 4, 1955 is an american actor, writer, director, and musician thornton had his first break when he cowrote and starred in the 1992 thriller one false move, and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film sling blade 1996, for which he won an academy award for best adapted screenplay and was nominated. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Billy bob thorntons mental health struggles didnt stop. Thornton is a rarity in many ways,a hollywood actor that isnt the stereotypical hunk or bland crowd pleaser yet this book. I look at that time as a great time, thornton said on the podcast. Billy bob thornton talks angelina jolie, new book huffpost.
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Billy bob thornton, in full william robert thornton, also called billy thornton, born august 4, 1955, hot springs, arkansas, u. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Hire billy bob thornton for a corporate event or performance. Billy bob thornton wrote his way to fame by coscripting one false move, a criticallyacclaimed indie hit in 1992, starring himself and bill paxton. But it was those eighteen years alive that paint a different story. Thornton s turn as writer, director, and star of the independently made feature established him as a true talent he received an oscar for his screenplay but his isnt the only stellar work. Billy bob thornton speakers bureau and booking agent info. In a further sign that they may have hollywoods best postbreakup relationship, angelina jolie has written the foreword to exhusband billybob thorntons forthcoming book. Billy bob thornton the complete guide this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Billy bob thornton s sling blade is a fascinating, superbly nuanced tale, alternately sweet and disturbing. Thornton recently spoke by phone from his home about the book. From 1990 to 1992, thornton was married to actress. Billy bob thornton was born on august 4, 1955 in hot springs, arkansas, to virginia roberta faulkner, a psychic, and william raymond billy ray thornton, an educator, high school history teacher, and basketball coach now deceased.
Billy bob thornton, who used to be one of the most outrageous and highprofile figures in hollywood, has gone down a different path in the last decade, finding praise on tv series such as goliath. He is the older brother of james donald jimmy don born in 1958 and now deceased and john david born in 1969. Transcript for billy bob thornton releases new book this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. If billy bob thorntons new memoir, the billy bob tapes. In the memoir, thornton writes about his fifth wife briefly and only in the nicest way. Angelina jolie writes foreword to billy bob thornton. The only segment i enjoyed was the tale of when billy bob took a jar full of mushrooms. Sandra bullock and billy bob thornton go head to head as strategists in a patchy satire about the 2002 bolivian elections published. In the mid1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the independent movie sling blade, he won an academy award for.
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He won an academy award for his screenplay of sling blade 1996, which he also starred in and directed. Jun 19, 2018 the actress even wrote the foreward to thorntons book, the billy bob tapes. The billy bob tapes ebook by billy bob thornton 9780062101792. Sling blade by billy bob thornton, dwight yoakam, j. A cave full of ghosts william morrow, reads as if hes sitting in a roomful of friends telling stories, thats because it was. Billy bob thornton, ex laura dern have awkward runin at 2017.
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