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Sling Blade

1996 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7.5/10

Rating

135 min

Runtime

1996

Release Year

Billy Bob Thornton

Director

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black

Quick Synopsis

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.

Full Plot Summary of Sling Blade

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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