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.

Sling Blade: Directed by Billy Bob Thornton. With Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter. 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.

The following is the filmography of American actor, filmmaker, singer and songwriter Billy Bob Thornton.

Lorne Malvo is a hitman for hire, based in Reno, Nevada. He is hired to kidnap and presumably murder Phil McCormick. He abducts McCormick from his workplace, strips him of his clothes, and throws him in the trunk of his car. On his way to his destination, Malvo hits a deer outside Bemidji, Minnesota, and goes off the road, injuring his head.

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Feb 2, 2024 · Sling Blade opens on the day that Karl Childers (Thornton), a developmentally challenged man, is released from an asylum for the criminally insane, twenty-five years after murdering his mother and her lover with a sling blade—a scythe …

The movie is a work of great originality and fascination by Billy Bob Thornton, who wrote it, directed it and plays Karl Childers. He says that the character “came to him” one morning while he was shaving, and he started talking to himself in the mirror, in Karl’s voice.

May 2, 2022 · Billy Bob Thornton is the rare actor who brightens any project, whether in a leading or supporting role. Here are all of his movies ranked from worst to best.

One False Move: Directed by Carl Franklin. With Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach. A small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.

Dec 26, 2021 · "There’s only one killer in Ft. Worth, and that’s me," husks Marshal Jim Courtright in the second episode of the Yellowstone prequel 1883. The Billy Bob Thornton-played lawman makes an instant ...