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Released Year: 1996
Runtime: 135 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Billy Bob Thornton
Casts: Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, Dwight Yoakam, Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Jim Jarmusch, Mickey Jones, James Hampton, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Rick Dial, Natalie Canerday, Christine Renee Ward, Vic Chesnutt, Tim Holder, Bruce Hampton, Ian Moore
IMDB: Sling Blade (1996)
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(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Film.com -
The lure of Sling Blade is both elemental and hauntingly familiar, and I would not be surprised if Thornton's breakthrough film is one day considered a classic in its own right.
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Chicago Reader -
Perhaps the most remarkable thing here is Thornton's nuanced performance, but the film has other rare virtues: all the characters are fully and richly fleshed out (with some unexpected turns by John Ritter and singer Dwight Yoakam), and the story's construction is carefully measured.
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Los Angeles Times -
Catches you up so firmly in its world that you find yourself accepting whatever Thornton presents right up to its deeply ironic finish.
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Washington Post -
Takes you down paths full of primitive, almost biblical implications, but it also finds comic relief in moments of palpable tension.
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Austin Chronicle -
Thornton, who wrote, directed, and stars in Sling Blade, has created an unforgettable character and situation, a film that's sure to become an American classic.
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Sling Blade (1996)
Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who 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, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Sling Blade (1996)
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 1996
Runtime: 135 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Billy Bob Thornton
Casts: Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, Dwight Yoakam, Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Jim Jarmusch, Mickey Jones, James Hampton, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Rick Dial, Natalie Canerday, Christine Renee Ward, Vic Chesnutt, Tim Holder, Bruce Hampton, Ian Moore
IMDB: Sling Blade (1996)
Storyline
Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who 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, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
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Reviews
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Film.com -
The lure of Sling Blade is both elemental and hauntingly familiar, and I would not be surprised if Thornton's breakthrough film is one day considered a classic in its own right.
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Chicago Reader -
Perhaps the most remarkable thing here is Thornton's nuanced performance, but the film has other rare virtues: all the characters are fully and richly fleshed out (with some unexpected turns by John Ritter and singer Dwight Yoakam), and the story's construction is carefully measured.
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Los Angeles Times -
Catches you up so firmly in its world that you find yourself accepting whatever Thornton presents right up to its deeply ironic finish.
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Washington Post -
Takes you down paths full of primitive, almost biblical implications, but it also finds comic relief in moments of palpable tension.
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Austin Chronicle -
Thornton, who wrote, directed, and stars in Sling Blade, has created an unforgettable character and situation, a film that's sure to become an American classic.
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Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who 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, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who 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, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who 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, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who 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, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.