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Sling Blade (1996)

Sling Blade (1996)

Drama

A simple man. A difficult choice.

Release Date: 1996, August 30
Directors: Billy Bob Thornton
Countries: United States of America
Production: Miramax, The Shooting Gallery
Cast: Natalie Canerday, Robert Duvall, Brent Briscoe, J.T. Walsh, Lucas Black, Mickey Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Scott Stewart, Jackie Stewart, John Ritter, James Hampton

Overview:

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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