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Sling Blade

1996 · 135 min · Drama

A simple man. A difficult choice.

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.

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Creators

Billy Bob Thornton — Director

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Billy Bob Thornton portraitBilly Bob ThorntonKarl ChildersDwight Yoakam portraitDwight YoakamDoyle HargravesJ.T. Walsh portraitJ.T. WalshCharles BushmanJohn Ritter portraitJohn RitterVaughan CunninghamLucas Black portraitLucas BlackFrank WheatleyNatalie Canerday portraitNatalie CanerdayLinda WheatleyJames Hampton portraitJames HamptonJerry WoolridgeRobert Duvall portraitRobert DuvallKarl's FatherRick Dial portraitRick DialBill CoxBrent Briscoe portraitBrent BriscoeScooter Hodges

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