---
title: 'Sling Blade (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Billy Bob Thornton'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 136
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sling-blade-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117666/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sling Blade (1996)

1996 · 136 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Sling Blade is a 1996 American independent Southern Gothic 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. Karl was released from a psychiatric hospital where he had grown up due to having killed his mother and her lover when he was 12 years old. It also stars Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, and Robert Duvall.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Billy Bob Thornton](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bob-thornton)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Bob Thornton](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bob-thornton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Daniel Lanois](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-lanois)
- **Producer:** [Larry Meistrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-meistrich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Barry Markowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-markowitz)
- **Editor:** [Hughes Winborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/hughes-winborne)

## Cast

- [John Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ritter)
- [Dwight Yoakam](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-yoakam)
- [J. T. Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-t-walsh)
- [Robert Duvall](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-duvall)
- [Billy Bob Thornton](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bob-thornton)
- [James Hampton](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hampton)
- [Brent Briscoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/brent-briscoe)
- [Vic Chesnutt](https://cinepixo.com/people/vic-chesnutt)
- [Lucas Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucas-black)
- [Mickey Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-jones)
- [Jim Jarmusch](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-jarmusch)

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