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Sling Blade

Name: Sling Blade
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-08-30
Duration: 135 min
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black

“A simple man. A difficult choice.”

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7.5/10

TMDB rating · 900 votes

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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.

Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Writers: Billy Bob Thornton
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Release date: 30 August 1996
Budget: $1,200,000
Box office: $34,100,000