Sling Blade
A simple man. A difficult choice.
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
- Year : 1996
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Drama
- Studio : Miramax, The Shooting Gallery
- Keyword : arkansas, repair shop, southern, death threat, religious art, father figure, intellectual disability
- Director : Billy Bob Thornton
- Cast : Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday