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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.
Billy Bob Thornton [2] [3] (born August 4, 1955) is an American film 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.
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 ...
With "Sling Blade," it hit during the independent film boom. After that, I did one called 'Daddy and Them," which I love. It's one of my favorite things I've ever done, and that was a casualty of ...
At the age of 41, Thornton directed, wrote and starred in the 1996 independent movie "Sling Blade." The crime thriller followed Karl Childers (Thornton), a mentally disabled man who is released ...
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade: Karl Childers Short film; Also writer 1995 Dead Man: George 'Big George' Drakoulious The Stars Fell on Henrietta: Roy 1996 Sling Blade: Karl Childers Also writer/director The Winner: Jack A Family Thing — Writer only 1997 The Apostle: Troublemaker U Turn: Darrell Princess Mononoke: Jigo Voice only (English ...
In 1996, actor-director Billy Bob Thornton cast Yoakam as the character Doyle Hargraves in the film Sling Blade. [96] Yoakam had been recommended the role by his manager, and told the website Country Daily in 2016 that Sling Blade was the first role in his acting career which he thought would have a lasting impact. [97]
Billy Bob Thornton recalled receiving a life-changing piece of advice from "Indecent Proposal" co-star Robert Redford when they were on the set of the 1993 movie.