Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
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Sling Blade
1996
Mar 14, 1997 · Karl, a partially handicapped man released from a mental hospital, befriends a young boy and faces a cruel abuser in a small town. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-winning film.
- Billy Bob Thornton
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- 2 min
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.
- $1.2 million
- Daniel Lanois
- November 27, 1996
- Larry Meistrich, David L. Bushell, Brandon Rosser
Sling Blade is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars as Karl Childers, a man released from an asylum after killing his mother. The film won the Writers Guild Award for Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for several other awards.
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A summary of the movie Sling Blade, starring Billy Bob Thornton as Karl, a mentally 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, Frank, and faces the abuse of Frank's mother's boyfriend, Doyle.
Frank Wheatley. Watchlist. Goliath. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Mentally disabled Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) is released from the mental hospital where he has spent most of his life after...
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- Billy Bob Thornton
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!
Nov 29, 1996 · Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed and starred in this film 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 challenges of freedom and love.
