Sling Blade

1996
9.1
Sling Blade
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Title: Sling Blade

Original Title: Sling Blade

Year: 1996

Info

  • Country: USA
  • Length: 126 Minutes (2 hours 6 min)
  • Budget: $890,000
  • Genre: Drama
  • Studios: Miramax Films
  • Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)

Release Dates

  • UK: July 10 1998
  • United States: November 27 1996

Plot

25 Years after committing an unthinkable crime, a quiet man named Karl 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!

Awards

  • 1997 Academy Awards (Oscars): 2 1

Cast

Director:

Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Karl Childers

Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam

Doyle Hargraves

Lucas Black

Lucas Black

Frank Wheatley

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Karl's father

Brent Briscoe

Brent Briscoe

Scooter Hodges

J.T. Walsh

J.T. Walsh

Charles Bushman

John Ritter

John Ritter

Vaughan Cunningham

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