Sling Blade
A simple man. A difficult choice.
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- Drama
Overview
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.
Keywords
- father figure
- arkansas
- intellectual disability
- southern
- death threat
- repair shop
- religious art
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 30, 1996
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Miramax,Shooting Gallery,The Shooting Gallery
- Cast
- Billy Bob Thornton,Dwight Yoakam,J.T. Walsh,John Ritter,Lucas Black,Natalie Canerday,James Hampton,Robert Duvall,Rick Dial,Brent Briscoeand 22 more
- Director
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Writer
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Cinematography
- Barry Markowitz
- Music
- Daniel Lanois
- Budget
- $1,200,000
- Revenue
- $34,100,000
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0117666