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Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film written, directed by and starring Billy Bob Thornton. Set in Arkansas, it is the story of intellectually challenged Karl Childers and the friendship he develops with a boy and his mother.
Mar 14, 1997 · Sling Blade is a film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars as Karl Childers, a mentally challenged man who befriends a young boy in a small town. The film explores themes of friendship, violence, and redemption, and features a cast of notable actors such as Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, and Robert Duvall.
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- Billy Bob Thornton
- 1997-03-14
- Thornton came up with the character of Karl after being frustrated on the set of a TV movie. It all started while working on the 1987 HBO movie, The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains.
- The film was inspired by Thornton's one-man show and his Arkansas upbringing. After creating the character of Karl, Thornton turned him into a one-man show, Swine Before Pearls, which helped him raise the money needed to fund the film.
- A short film featuring Molly Ringwald came first. After his one-man show, Thornton first made a short film of his story called Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade.
- Thornton wrote the script while working on a sitcom. In the early 90s, he starred on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire with John Ritter where he spent years working on the full script of Sling Blade.
Sling Blade. 25 Years after commiting an unthinkable crime, a quiet man named Karl (Thornton) finally returns home. Once there, he's befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother. But when his newfound peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend, Karl is suddenly placed on a collision course with his past!
