Sling Blade
1996 • Drama
7.545 (870)
Billy Bob Thornton
Director
Status
Released
Release date
August 30, 1996
Duration
135 Min
Language
en
Popularity
6.7806
Budget
$1,200,000
Revenue
$34,100,000
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.
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Dwight Yoakam
J.T. Walsh
John Ritter
Lucas Black
Natalie Canerday
James Hampton
Robert Duvall
Rick Dial
Brent Briscoe
Bruce Hampton
Vic Chesnutt
Mickey Jones
Jim Jarmusch
