Sling Blade

Sling Blade is a 1996 American English-language Drama movie starring Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday and Bill Glasscock. The movie is based on Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade by Billy Bob Thornton. Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town. TSG Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Larry Meistrich, David L. Bushell and Brandon Rosser. The film is written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Miramax Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. The film has a running time of 135 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Sling Blade was made on a budget of $1 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $24 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Billy Bob Thornton. Cinematography was done by Barry Markowitz and editing by Hughes Winborne. The music was composed by Daniel Lanois. At the 1997 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.
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