1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Screenplay Winner
![Fargo Joel Coen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fargo-joel-coen-ethan-coen-image.jpg)
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.
1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Screenplay Nominees
![Dead Man Jim Jarmusch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dead-man-jim-jarmusch-image.jpg)
Dead Man
Jim Jarmusch
![Flirting with Disaster David O. Russell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/flirting-with-disaster-david-o.-russell-image.jpg)
Flirting with Disaster
David O. Russell
![Lone Star John Sayles](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lone-star-john-sayles-image.jpg)
Lone Star
John Sayles
![The Funeral Nicholas St. John](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-funeral-image.jpg)