This article is about the 1996 film. For the tool, see Sling blade.
Sling Blade
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Billy Bob Thornton
Screenplay by
Billy Bob Thornton
Based on
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade by Billy Bob Thornton
Produced by
Larry Meistrich David L. Bushell Brandon Rosser
Starring
Billy Bob Thornton
Dwight Yoakam
J. T. Walsh
John Ritter
Lucas Black
Natalie Canerday
Robert Duvall
Cinematography
Barry Markowitz
Edited by
Hughes Winborne
Music by
Daniel Lanois
Production company
TSG Pictures
Distributed by
Miramax Films
Release date
November 27, 1996 (1996-11-27)
Running time
135 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1.2 million[1]
Box office
$34.1 million[2]
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. Karl was released from a psychiatric hospital where he had grown up due to having killed his mother and her lover when he was 12 years old. It also stars Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, and Robert Duvall.
The film was adapted by Thornton from his previous one-man show Swine Before Pearls,[3] from which he also developed a screenplay for the 1994 short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, directed by George Hickenlooper. Sling Blade became a sleeper hit, launching Thornton into stardom. Thornton won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay,[4] and he was also nominated for Best Actor. The music for the soundtrack was provided by French Canadian artist/producer Daniel Lanois.
Sling Blade was filmed in 24 days,[5] on location in Benton, Arkansas,[6] produced by David L. Bushell and Brandon Rosser.[7]
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