Sling blade [videorecording] / Miramax Films ; [presented by] the Shooting Gallery ; written for the screen and directed by Billy Bob Thornton ; producers, Brandon Rosser, David L. Bushell.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 35004 | MiramaxLanguage: English Summary language: English, Spanish Original language: English Series: Miramax collector's seriesPublication details: [United States] : Miramax ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005]Edition: Special ed., director's cutDescription: 2 videodiscs (ca. 148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0788853384
  • 9780788853388
Uniform titles:
  • Sling blade (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00310
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Barry Markowitz ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; original music, Daniel Lanois.
Awards:
  • Academy Award (1996): Best Adapted Screenplay
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, Robert Duvall.Summary: After 25 years, mildly retarded killer Karl Childers is released from the mental hospital where he was placed for killing his mother and her lover. He gets a job and is befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother, but his newfound peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend.
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DVD,

Closed-captioned; English soundtrack, optional English or Spanish subtitles.

Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, Robert Duvall.

Director of photography, Barry Markowitz ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; original music, Daniel Lanois.

DVD release of the 1996 motion picture.

Region 1; dual-layer format; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.

"Exclusive director's cut"--Container.

MPAA rating: R.

Academy Award (1996): Best Adapted Screenplay

After 25 years, mildly retarded killer Karl Childers is released from the mental hospital where he was placed for killing his mother and her lover. He gets a job and is befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother, but his newfound peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend.

Special features: disc 1: Sling Blade director's cut; feature commentary with writer/director/actor Billy Bob Thornton; disc 2: Mr. Thornton goes to Hollywood; Billy Bob Thornton (Bravo Profiles); a roundtable discussion with Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Mickey Jones and producer David Bushell; a conversation with Billy Bob Thornton and Robert Duvall; a conversation with Robert Duvall; a conversation with Billy Bob Thornton and composer Daniel Lanois; The return of Karl; On the Set (Billy Bob at work, Doyle's band : the Johnsons, Doyle gets pummeled); "Doyle's dead"; Sling Blade reviews.

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