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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.
Thornton plays Karl Childers, an intellectually disabled man who has been in a mental hospital for the past 25 years for murdering his mother and her lover. On the day of his release, he is interviewed by a reporter, Theresa Tatum (Molly Ringwald), who is writing an article with the intent of examining whether criminals judged to be insane should be 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 ...
Three years after working with Redford, Thornton directed, wrote and starred in the 1996 independent movie "Sling Blade." The crime thriller followed Karl Childers (Thornton), a mentally disabled ...
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.
Childers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: ... Karl Childers, the fictional protagonist of the film Sling Blade (1996) This ...
Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade as Karl Childers; Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson. Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley; Diane Keaton – Marvin's Room as Bessie Wakefield; Gena Rowlands – Unhook the Stars as Mildred "Millie" Hawks; Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton
Chris Hogan opens the show. Reprising his role as Karl Childers from Sling Blade, Billy Bob Thornton (Pat Kilbane) must save the world from aliens with the help of John Ritter (David Herman) and Jennifer Aniston (Nicole Sullivan) in Sling Blade II: The Reckoning. Ms.