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Mar 14, 1997 · Sling Blade is a 1996 movie about Karl Childers, a partially handicapped man who kills his mother and her lover as a child and is released from a mental hospital as an adult. He befriends a young boy and his mother in a small town, but faces the threat of a violent abuser.
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Sling Blade. Released from an asylum after 25 years of incarceration for murdering his abusive mother, Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) finds work as a repairman and befriends a trusting boy...
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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.
Mentally disabled Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) is released from the mental hospital where he has spent most of his life after murdering his mother and her lover.
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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.
A movie about Karl Childers, a mentally handicapped man who killed his mother and her lover as a child and was released from a mental hospital. He befriends a young boy, Frank, and faces the abusive boyfriend of Frank's mother.
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Nov 29, 1996 · Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed and starred in this drama about a retarded man who kills his mother and her lover as a child and is released from prison as an adult. He befriends a boy and his mother, and faces the consequences of his past and present.
