
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.



