Sling Blade
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.
Release Date
August 30, 1996Runtime
135 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Ayub, W.M. Halle, Daron McAfee, Todd Jameson SaetteleScreenplay by
Billy Bob ThorntonLanguage
EnglishBudget
$1,200,000Revenue
$34,100,000Status
ReleasedCast
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl ChildersDwight Yoakam
Doyle HargravesJ.T. Walsh
Charles BushmanJohn Ritter
Vaughan CunninghamLucas Black
Frank WheatleyNatalie Canerday
Linda WheatleyJames Hampton
Jerry WoolridgeRobert Duvall
Karl's FatherRick Dial
Bill CoxBrent Briscoe
Scooter HodgesVic Chesnutt
TerenceMickey Jones
Monty JohnsonJim Jarmusch
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