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Sling Blade, 1996

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Dwight Yoakam, John Ritter

Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton

Written by: Billy Bob Thornton

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 135 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.0

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Sling Blade can be described as bleak, contemplative, and captivating. The plot revolves around a mentally challenged character, mental illness, and human nature. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, Sling Blade is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Sling Blade is set, at least in part, in a small town. It is located in Arkansas. It takes place in the 1990s. Sling Blade is based on a short film and adapted from a play. The movie has received attention for being an Oscar winner and critically acclaimed.

Summary of Sling Blade

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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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	30 August 1996
Runtime:	135 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Billy Bob Thornton for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1996 Academy Awards

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Billy Bob Thornton

as Karl Childers

Lucas Black

as Frank Wheatley

Dwight Yoakam

as Doyle Hargraves

John Ritter

as Vaughan Cunningham

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Chicago Tribune

Resonates like the best of Southern fiction. Full Review

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by: Marc Caro

San Francisco Chronicle

A story that's startling, soulful and absolutely unforgettable. Full Review

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by: Edward Guthmann

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What can I say about a film that so much has already been written about? I could praise Billy Bob Thornton's excellent writing, or his plain straightforward directing that fits the material so well. Or, of course, his Oscar nominated performance in... Read and rate it

16.February.2010
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by: etragedy
etragedy rated this movie0/10

Slingblade is easily one of the greatest independent films in recent American cinema history. This film has touched me each and every time I have viewed it (at least 20 times) and there is always a special feeling you get while watching it, you know... Read and rate it

16.March.2009
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by: kknecht
kknecht rated this movie10/10Must See

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