Sling Blade
Film1996135 min7.5/10 on TMDB
Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
A simple man. A difficult choice.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
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 HodgesSarah Boss
Sarah BossMarsha DwigginsExplore the crew
- Director
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Screenplay
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Producer
- David L. Bushell
- Producer
- Brandon Rosser
- Original Music Composer
- Daniel Lanois
- Director of Photography
- Barry Markowitz
- Editor
- Hughes Winborne