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Sling Blade

75.31% | August 30, 1996 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Billy Bob Thornton
Director
Daniel Lanois
Original Music Composer
Billy Bob Thornton
Theatre Play

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
Doyle Hargraves
J.T. Walsh
J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
John Ritter
John Ritter
Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black
Lucas Black
Frank Wheatley