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Sling Blade (1996)

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Release Date
• USA: Nov 27, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 1, 1998

MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong language, including descriptions of violent and sexual behavior.

Running Time
2 hours, 15 minutes

Country USA

Studio Miramax, Shooting Gallery

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Other Titles
• Sling Blade (1996)
• Reckoning



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Genre: Drama, Murder, Mental Illness, Suspense, Black Comedy, Psychodrama, Melodrama, Mental Institution, Tragedy, Gay/Lesbian, Investigation

Tagline: Sometimes a hero comes from the most unlikely place.

Plot: After catching his mother and her boyfriend "in flagrante delicto" and dispatching both of them with a farm implement known as a sling blade, a simpleminded 11-year-old boy is sent to a mental hospital where he spends the next 25 years. Upon his release, the emotionally and mentally stunted man-child returns to his Arkansas hometown and takes a job in a local garage, only to have the past inexorably repeat itself. An indie-film triumph, adapted by star-writer-director Thornton from his 1993 short, "Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade." Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Actor--Billy Bob Thornton. Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay.

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 Directed by
Billy Bob Thornton
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 Written by
Billy Bob Thornton
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 Cast
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J.T. Walsh
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John Ritter
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Lucas Black
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 Music By
Daniel Lanois
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