Sling Blade (1996) | First Time Watching | Reaction & Review

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"Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a Kaiser blade."

Directed by
Billy Bob Thornton

Writing Credits
Billy Bob Thornton ... (play)
Billy Bob Thornton ... (screenplay)

Cast
Billy Bob Thornton ... (Karl Childers)
Dwight Yoakam ... (Doyle Hargraves)
J.T. Walsh ... (Charles Bushman)

Music by
Daniel Lanois

Cinematography by
Barry Markowitz ... (director of photography)

Film Editing by
Hughes Winborne

Genre
Drama

Runtime
2 hr 28 min (148 min) (director's cut)

Country of origin
United States 🇺🇸

Language
English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Filming locations
Benton, Arkansas, USA 🇺🇸
Haskell, Arkansas, USA 🇺🇸

Also Known As (AKA)
Sling Blade (original title)
Resplandor en la noche (Argentina 🇦🇷, Mexico 🇲🇽, Uruguay 🇺🇾)
Na Corda Bamba (Brazil 🇧🇷)
Бръсначът (Bulgaria 🇧🇬)
La justice au coeur (Canada 🇨🇦, French title)
Ostrica zlocina (Croatia 🇭🇷)
Sling Blade - Auf Messers Schneide (Germany 🇩🇪)
Κοφτερό λεπίδι, Koftero lepidi (Greece 🇬🇷)
Pengeélen (Hungary 🇭🇺)
Lama tagliente (Italy 🇮🇹)
スリング・ブレイド (Japan 🇯🇵)
Skustuvo ašmenys (Lithuania 🇱🇹)
Hoja afilada (Panama 🇵🇦)
Blizny przeszłości (Poland 🇵🇱)
O Arremesso (Portugal 🇵🇹)
Tăișul (Romania 🇷🇴)
Отточенное лезвие (Russia 🇷🇺)
Sečivo (Serbia 🇷🇸)
Rezilo (Slovenia 🇸🇮)
El otro lado de la vida, L'altre costat de la vida (Spain 🇪🇸)
彈簧刀 (Taiwan 🇹🇼)
Bıçak sırtı (Turkey 🇹🇷)
Відточене лезо (Ukraine 🇺🇦)
Sóng Gió Cuộc Đời (Vietnam 🇻🇳)

Academy Awards, 1997
Winner: Best Writing (Adapted screenplay)
Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Billy Bob Thornton)

Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.

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