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Apr 22, 2021 · 9. The movie was filmed on location in Arkansas. The entire movie was filmed in the small town of Benton, Arkansas, less than an hour away from Thornton's hometown of Hot Springs. 10. Country ...
I'll have to check out Sling Blade, then. My own favorite Billy Bob Thornton movie is A Simple Plan - he plays the brother of the main character, basically the one person you feel bad for in the movie. I was amazed at how well Billy Bob "got" the character (it's based on a book). 2. Reply.
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1. With Sling Blade, Billy Bob Thornton did something that helped usher in the 1990s indie dream: A relatively obscure screenwriter and character actor at the time, he wrote himself a career-best role, directed the movie himself, and rode it to an Oscar and a lengthy period of unlikely stardom. MIRAMAX FILMS.
Nov 18, 2021 · The enduring influence of Sling Blade is still felt 25 years later. When Sling Blade hit theaters in 1996, it set the tone for movies set in the South and catapulted Billy Bob...
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Nov 17, 2021 · SLING BLADE at 25: Billy Bob Thornton's master work. November 17, 2021 in billy russell, features. by Billy Russell, Staff Writer. Sling Blade is such an oddity to me. If I sit down and really dissect the plot of it, I’m surprised that it works as well as it does.
Recently viewed. Sling Blade: Directed by Billy Bob Thornton. With Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter. Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.
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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