Sling Blade
A simple man. A difficult choice.
August 30, 1996
135 min
R
✓ Released 10883 days ago
Drama
7.5
User Score
865 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Runtime: 135 min
Budget: $1,200,000
Revenue: $34,100,000
Top Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam
Doyle Hargraves
J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
John Ritter
Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black
Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday
Linda Wheatley
James Hampton
Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall
Karl's Father
