Sling Blade
A simple man. A difficult choice.
- 1996
- Rated R
- 2h 15m
- Drama
Rating: 7.5 out of 10TMDB(906 votes)
Overview
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
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Box office
Grossed $34.1M worldwide, about 28.4 times its $1.2M budget
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Billy Bob ThorntonScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 30, 1996
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Revenue
- $34.1M
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Billy Bob ThorntonKarl Childers
Dwight YoakamDoyle Hargraves
J.T. WalshCharles Bushman
John RitterVaughan Cunningham
Lucas BlackFrank Wheatley
Natalie CanerdayLinda Wheatley
James HamptonJerry Woolridge
Robert DuvallKarl's Father
Rick DialBill Cox
Brent BriscoeScooter Hodges- Christine Renee WardMelinda
- Sarah BossMarsha Dwiggins
- Kathy Sue BrownTheresa Evans
- Wendell RaffertyMelvin
Bruce HamptonMorris
Vic ChesnuttTerence
Mickey JonesMonty Johnson- Ian MooreRandy Horsefeathers
- Judy Pryor TriceMrs. Woolridge
- Scott StewartBubba Woolridge
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