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David L. Bushell is known as an Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Line Producer, and Unit Production Manager. Some of his work includes Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dallas Buyers Club, Get Him to the Greek, Sling Blade, Deception, The Banger Sisters, The Minus Man, and The Wendell Baker Story.
David Bushell is known for Sling Blade (1996), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Deception (2008).
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Mar 12, 2024 · David Bushell's documentary 'Cheech & Chong's Last Movie' provides an exhaustive account of the duo's career while doubling as a road trip comedy.
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- The Film Was Inspired by Thornton's One-Man Show and His Arkansas Upbringing
- A Short Film Featuring Molly Ringwald Came First
- Thornton Wrote The Script While Working on A Sitcom
- Vaughan Cunningham Was Written Specifically For John Ritter
- Martin Scorsese Predicted An Oscar Win
- Thornton Didn't Believe in More Than Two Takes Per Scene
- Thornton Went to Extreme Measures to Capture Karl's Limp
- The Movie Was Filmed on Location in Arkansas
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. "I started doing it as a one-man show," The actor explained to Creative Screenwriting. "I thought, God, that's a pretty cool character. Maybe something did come out of this horrible movie I'm d...
After his one-man show, Thornton first made a short film of his story called Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade. Molly Ringwald originally appeared as the newspaper reporter and George Hickenlooper was the director. Sarah Boss ended up stepping in for Ringwald in the motion picture version and as we know, Thornton was his own director.
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. Apparently, he made the finishing touches to his Oscar-winning scripton Christmas Day, sitting at his mother's dining table.
Thornton and Ritter became friends after working together on the sitcom, so the role of Linda's gay friend Vaughan was specifically written for the actor. Ritter even added his own Happy Daystouch to his role by adding the last name of Cunningham. "John is a great orator—he hosts telethons and beauty pageants— he can speak in public," Thornton expl...
Filmed in just 24 days, Sling Blade exceeded expectations bringing in $24 million at the box office after having a $1 million budget. Not to mention Miramax paid an additional $10 million for distribution rights after former executive Harvey Weinstein had only seen 30 minutes of the film. He requested that Thornton make some cuts and hesitant, the ...
Robert Duvall told Vanity Fairthat Thornton liked to get everything captured in no more than two takes in order to keep things fresh. He also didn't believe in rehearsals...he just showed up to set and did the dang thing. "Billy Bob Thornton, I like working with him," Duvall explained. "I call him the Hillbilly Orson Welles...Only two takes.' I lik...
We know there are countless actors in Hollywood who embrace going "method" to really get into their character. Thornton was no exception and actually put crushed glass in his shoes to fully capture the way Karl limped as well as his pained facial expressions.
The entire movie was filmed in the small town of Benton, Arkansas, less than an hour away from Thornton's hometown of Hot Springs.
Producer. 1996. Featured Clips. Sling Blade | '$25' (HD) - Billy Bob Thornton, J.T. Walsh | MIRAMAX. Watch on. Sling Blade. Now Playing: Sling Blade - $25. Starring: J.T. Walsh, Billy Bob Thornton. Charles tells Karl a story about his old Mercury and the hairy-armed girl who let him down.
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