Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
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Mar 14, 1997 · Karl Childers, 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.
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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.
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- 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 consequences of his past actions.
Sling Blade is a 1996 drama film starring Billy Bob Thornton as a mentally disabled man who befriends a boy and his mother. The film received critical acclaim and won several awards, including an Oscar for Thornton's performance.
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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. But when his newfound peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend, Karl is suddenly placed on a collision course with his past!
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Nov 29, 1996 · A review of the indie drama "Sling Blade", starring and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who plays a retarded man who escapes from a state facility and tries to start a new life in a small town. The reviewer praises the film's originality, humor, irony and characters, and praises Thornton's performance as Karl, a complex and memorable character.
