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Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film written, directed by and starring Billy Bob Thornton. Set in Arkansas , it is the story of intellectually challenged Karl Childers and the friendship he develops with a boy and his mother.
In 1996, he had his acting breakthrough in the Billy Bob Thornton movie Sling Blade. [2] For this role, he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award. [3] Yoakam made his directorial and writing debut in 2000's South of Heaven, West of Hell. [4]
Billy Bob Thornton [2] [3] (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer and songwriter. He received international attention after writing, directing and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Sling Blade: Won: Paris Film Festival: 2001 Grand Prix: All the Pretty Horses: Nominated Satellite Awards: 1996: Best Motion Picture Screenplay – Original: Sling Blade: Nominated Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Nominated 1998: Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: A Simple Plan: Nominated 2001: Best Actor in a Motion ...
Natalie Canerday is an American actress.. Canerday is a native of Russellville, Arkansas.After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre in 1985 from Hendrix College [1] (where she performed in plays with Herman's Head star William Ragsdale), she began her motion picture career as a production secretary for the television feature The Tuskegee Airmen, then made minor appearances in films ...
Brent Briscoe (May 21, 1961 – October 18, 2017) was an American character actor and screenwriter. He was best known for his role as JJ on Parks and Recreation (2011–2015). Early life
Walsh is invariably referred to as a character actor who specialized in villains, but that description doesn't quite do justice to what he did. The typical Walsh character was a plot device, really, serving either as a moral counterpoint to the star of the show or as an Iagolike figure egging on the hero in a way likely to lead to the ...
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade is a 1994 short film written by Billy Bob Thornton, directed by George Hickenlooper and starring Thornton, Molly Ringwald, and J. T. Walsh. [ 1 ] It was adapted into the 1996 feature film Sling Blade , also starring Thornton, [ 2 ] which won Thornton the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , as well as a ...