| | Sling Blade DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Action DVDs, Dramas Movies, Thriller Videos, Suspense, Recommended, Murder, Black Comedy, Independent, Mental Illness, Wise Fools | | Starring | Dwight Yoakam, Billy Bob Thornton, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Robert Duvall, Jim Jarmusch, Natalie Canerday | | Composer | Daniel Lanois | | Costume Designer | Douglas Hall | | Director | Billy Bob Thornton | | Director of Photography | Barry Markowitz | | Editor | Hughes Winborne | | Producer | David L. Bushell, Brandon Rosser | | Production Designer | Clark Hunter | | Screenwriter | Billy Bob Thornton |
Billy Bob Thornton stars in this extended version. Small-town simpleton Karl Childers has spent most of his life in a mental institution, after he killed his mother and her lover with the eponymous weapon at age 12. Now middle-aged, Karl is deemed healthy -- and released into a world he hasn't inhabited since he was a pre-teen. Although many of Karl's experiences in the "real world" are very troubling, they give him valuable insight into human nature... and himself. But can he completely escape his tragic past?
Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Actor--Billy Bob Thornton. Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay. 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. Released theatrically in New York and Los Angeles November 22, 1996.
Directorial debut for actor/writer Billy Bob Thornton.
Produced by Shooting Gallery. Associate produced by Kingshill Group.
Color by CFI.
Shown at the Telluride Film Festival, August 30, 1996.
Shown at the New York Film Festival September 28 & 29, 1996.
Additional cast: Rick Dial (Bill Cox) and Christy Ward (Melinda).
Billy Bob Thornton and John Ritter co-starred on the sitcom "Hearts Afire."
The source of this movie is George Hickenlooper's short, "Some Call it a Sling Blade," which was essentially re-shot to become the opening scenes of this film. Sling Blade Reviews: "...This is a film that wants us to be alert and it repays our attention handsomely..."
-- Charlotte O'Sullivan, Sight and Sound "...Riveting....SLING BLADE boasts a stupendous performance from Billy Bob Thornton..."-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...A beautiful contraption of a movie....[SLING BLADE] haunts us..." -- Rating: A-
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...Marked by some powerful scenes, fine performances and colorful dialogue....Yoakam is excellent..."-- Todd McCarthy, Variety "...A mesmerizing parable of good and evil and a splendid example of Southern storytelling at its most poetic and imaginative..."
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times "...The movie is a work of great originality and fascination....[The] characters are brought to life with a vivid strength..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Sling Blade | List Price | $14.99 (You save $7.80) | | Studio | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1996 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1290  | | CD Universe Part number | 6840232 | | Catalog number | 03500400 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Jun 07, 2005 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 157 Minutes | | Additional Info | Collector's Edition | | Movie Details | Color; Collector's Edition; Special Edition |
Sling Blade Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  great movie
Great movie at a great price.Thanks alot
Submitted by kazookev07 (Valparaiso,Iniana) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Great Movie
I have seen this movie several times and, to me, it never gets old. The lesson to be learned in this movie never gets old either. The story is a little slow for this new generation of action every 7 minutes movie-goers, but the entire movie itself is truly exceptional.
Submitted by griffith2020 (Hereford, TX)
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I love this movie I liked it when I First seen this movie I was a great movie It was even greater when they made the movie in my town I didnt think they would make the movie in Benton,ARkansan I only lived a few blocks away I also think Dwight yoakam was so Great in the movie it was a Great movie...
Submitted by Rosalindahotsex (USA/AR)
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I can't get enough of this movie. I can watch this flick day in and day out. Billy Bob Thorton has played this part to the tee. I grew up in a town like this and many things really are on the money. For instance Dwight yokum plays his part and reminds me of some of the people in that little town.
Submitted by underdrn (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)
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Observe The Heart
I think everyone could learn a great lesson from this movie. People are so quick to judge a person by their outer appearance. If you learn to take time and see a person from the inside, this world would be a greater place. Wonderful job by ALL characters!!
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Sling Blade DVD Sling Blade Special Edition
The Miramax Collector's Series proudly presents the two-disc release of the powerful motion picture applauded by critics and moviegoers alike ... written, directed, and starring Billy Bob Thornton (1996 Academy Award(TM) Winner, Best Adapted Screenplay and Academy Award(R) Nominee, Best Actor). Twenty five years after committing an unthinkable crime, a quiet man named Karl (Thornton) is finally returning home. Once there, he is befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother. But when his new-found peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend (Grammy-winner Dwight Yoakam), Karl is suddenly placed on a collision course with his past! Also featuring Robert Duvall (OPEN RANGE), John Ritter (BAD SANTA), and J.T. Walsh (BREAKDOWN) -- SLING BLADE is an unforgettable movie experience!
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