"A simple man. A difficult choice." 30 August 1996 Drama 135 mins
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.
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Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves
J. T. Walsh as Charles Bushman
John Ritter as Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black as Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday as Linda Wheatley
James Hampton as Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall as Karl's Father
Rick Dial as Bill Cox
Brent Briscoe as Scooter Hodges
Christine Renee Ward as Melinda
Sarah Boss as Marsha Dwiggins
Kathy Sue Brown as Theresa Evans
Wendell Rafferty as Melvin
Bruce Hampton as Morris
Vic Chesnutt as Terence
Billy Bob Thornton Director
Billy Bob Thornton Screenplay
Billy Bob Thornton Theatre Play
David L. Bushell Producer
Larry Meistrich Executive Producer
Brandon Rosser Producer
Daniel Lanois Original Music Composer
Barry Markowitz Director of Photography
Hughes Winborne Editor
Sarah Tackett Casting
Clark Hunter Production Design
Traci Kirshbaum Set Decoration
Doug Hall Costume Design
Kate Biscoe Key Hair Stylist
Tracy Warbin Key Makeup Artist
Robert Salerno Production Manager
Sling Blade - Auf Messers Schneide Trailer
Resplandor en la noche Trailer
弹簧刀 Trailer
לולאת להב Trailer
Australia 31 July 1997
Czech Republic 28 January 1999
Germany 18 September 1997
United Kingdom 13 March 1998
Greece 30 August 1996
Korea 30 September 2000
Netherlands 19 August 2005
United States 30 August 1996
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Trailer for Sling Blade (1996) captured from the Scream (1996) VHS tape. This tape is labeled 12633 and released in (1997).
Not the official trailer. I edited this for my film editing class. Enjoy.
edited with trailer footage from hitman 2007.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1996:
01 October 1996
The story of a little boy named Sam, who is exploited by two evil chimney sweeps to clean narrow chimneys.
14 February 1996
Carla's (Rita Magdalena) sister commits suicide. Devastated, she decides to go to the province.. where she wreaks havoc among the men.
01 January 1996
Peter is fed up with his father’s unfulfilled promises to visit his friend Zoran, who moved far away with his parents some months ago.
08 March 1996
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
19 October 1996
Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with the controversial artist's personae.
01 January 1996
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18 October 1996
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them.
24 September 1996
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices.
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The ghost of a girl who died in 1955 appears to a troubled teen living in her old house.
17 June 1996
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On a supermarket shelf, a particular alarm clock keeps blaring off-hand, upsetting the staff and the customers.
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