• Quotes (72)
• Trivia (9)
• Plot Description
• Soundtrack
• Wallpapers
• Shooting Locations
• Popularity
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
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Sling Blade (1996)
• Reckoning
|
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.
More Plot Descriptions
 |
Related Movies:
|
Download Movie Script
For entertainment and informational purposes only. |
 Discussion forum for this movie
|
| |
|
|
|
Movie Database
In Theaters
