Sling Blade
movie
A simple man. A difficult choice.
Released August 30, 1996
Genres:
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.
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
as
Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam
as
Doyle Hargraves
J. T. Walsh
as
Charles Bushman
John Ritter
as
Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black
as
Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday
as
Linda Wheatley
James Hampton
as
Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall
as
Karl's Father
Rick Dial
as
Bill Cox
Brent Briscoe
as
Scooter Hodges
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Christine Renee Ward
as
Melinda
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Sarah Boss
as
Marsha Dwiggins
Crew
Billy Bob Thornton
as
Director
Billy Bob Thornton
as
Screenplay
Billy Bob Thornton
as
Theatre Play
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David L. Bushell
as
Producer
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Larry Meistrich
as
Executive Producer
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Brandon Rosser
as
Producer
Daniel Lanois
as
Original Music Composer
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Barry Markowitz
as
Director of Photography
Hughes Winborne
as
Editor
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Sarah Tackett
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Casting
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Clark Hunter
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Production Design
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Traci Kirshbaum
as
Set Decoration