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Sling Blade (1996)
Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
“A simple man. A difficult choice.”
Drama · 2h 15m
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam
Doyle Hargraves
J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
John Ritter
Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black
Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday
Linda Wheatley
James Hampton
Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall
Karl's Father
Rick Dial
Bill Cox
Brent Briscoe
Scooter Hodges
C
Christine Renee Ward
Melinda
S
Sarah Boss
Marsha Dwiggins
Crew
- Director
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Screenplay
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Director of Photography
- Barry Markowitz
- Original Music Composer
- Daniel Lanois
- Editor
- Hughes Winborne
- Producer
- David L. Bushell, Brandon Rosser
Details
- Release date
- 1996-08-30
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Miramax, The Shooting Gallery
- Budget
- $1,200,000
- Box office
- $34,100,000