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Sling Blade

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.

Director

Billy Bob Thornton

Year

Genre

Box Office

$24,444,121

Production

Miramax,The Shooting Gallery

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 15 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.miramax.com/movie/sling-blade/

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Karl Childers

Billy Bob Thornton

Doyle Hargraves

Charles Bushman

Vaughan Cunningham

Frank Wheatley

Linda Wheatley

Natalie Canerday

Jerry Woolridge

Karl's Father

Bill Cox

Scooter Hodges

Melinda

Christine Renee Ward

Marsha Dwiggins

Theresa Evans

Kathy Sue Brown

Melvin

Wendell Rafferty

Morris

Terence

Monty Johnson

Randy Horsefeathers

Mrs. Woolridge

Judy Pryor Trice

Bubba Woolridge

Woolridge Daughter

Betty Lynn Hall

Frostee Cream Boy

Preacher

Gary Don Fletcher

Albert

Freddy

Woodridge Secretary (as Stacy Barrow)

Walter

Teenage Boy

Housekeeper

Karen

Ticket Agent

Raymond Lewallen

Old Man

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Vaughan Cunningham Karl Childers Marsha Dwiggins Terence Karl's Father Charles Bushman Linda Bill Cox Morris Linda Wheatley Dr. Jerry Woolridge Old Man Melinda Monty Johnson Mrs. Woolridge

Not that you two afflicted sumbitches know anything about this - Sling Blade

Not that you two afflicted sumbitches know anything about...

I reckon what yousa wantin' to know is why I'm in here - Sling Blade

I reckon what yousa wantin' to know is why I'm in...

His name is Doyle Hargraves - Sling Blade

His name is Doyle Hargraves

A Mercury is a good car - Sling Blade

A Mercury is a good car

On the third day - Sling Blade

On the third day

I'm sure you've come across 'em - Sling Blade

I'm sure you've come across 'em

Some folks call it a sling blade - Sling Blade

Some folks call it a sling blade

Will you ever kill anyone again - Sling Blade

Will you ever kill anyone again

Where will he go - Sling Blade

Where will he go

I reckon I'm gonna have to get used to looking at pretty people - Sling Blade

I reckon I'm gonna have to get used to looking at...

Reckon what you like to eat in there - Sling Blade

Reckon what you like to eat in there

I ain't got no place to set 'em down - Sling Blade

I ain't got no place to set 'em down

You gotta make something explode to really understand it - Sling Blade

You gotta make something explode to really understand it

I don't reckon I know nobody named Jerry - Sling Blade

I don't reckon I know nobody named Jerry

You sleep with your mama tonight - Sling Blade

You sleep with your mama tonight

But then we has young - Sling Blade

But then we has young

I like them French fried potaters - Sling Blade

I like them French fried potaters

Did I tell you the one about the two ol' boys pissing off a bridge - Sling Blade

Did I tell you the one about the two ol' boys pissing...

But I'll tell you what - Sling Blade

But I'll tell you what

What about me - Sling Blade

How are you coming along with that garden tiller - Sling Blade

How are you coming along with that garden tiller

I don't guess I give a shit - Sling Blade

I don't guess I give a shit

Hey is this the kind of retard that drools and rubs shit in his hair and all that - Sling Blade

Hey is this the kind of retard that drools and rubs shit in...

You're not crippled - Sling Blade

You're not crippled

Have you knocked on the door yet - Sling Blade

Have you knocked on the door yet

I know Albert - Sling Blade

What's all them books - Sling Blade

What's all them books

But I reckon I understand a good deal of it - Sling Blade

But I reckon I understand a good deal of it

I never used no hatchet that I remember - Sling Blade

I never used no hatchet that I remember

You just a boy - Sling Blade

You know better than that - Sling Blade

You know better than that

I don't reckon - Sling Blade

What are you thinking right now - Sling Blade

What are you thinking right now

You know what - Sling Blade

It's out there with that looney toon - Sling Blade

It's out there with that looney toon

We wrote one last night outside the minimart - Sling Blade

We wrote one last night outside the minimart

I wish you'd all lay off for tonight - Sling Blade

I wish you'd all lay off for tonight

I don't understand - Sling Blade

I don't understand

We wrote one last night outside the mini mart - Sling Blade

We wrote one last night outside the mini mart

I don't think that's right - Sling Blade

I don't think that's right

If y'all don't shut up - Sling Blade

If y'all don't shut up

We don't got no Goddamn band - Sling Blade

We don't got no Goddamn band

You motherfuckers - Sling Blade

You motherfuckers

Get the fuck out - Sling Blade

Get the fuck out

Dots look good on paper - Sling Blade

Dots look good on paper

That goes for cocksuckers and retards - Sling Blade

That goes for cocksuckers and retards

This is not your house - Sling Blade

This is not your house

Coffee makes me nervous when I drink it - Sling Blade

Coffee makes me nervous when I drink it

The water's deep - Sling Blade

The water's deep

Reckon you make me some biscuits - Sling Blade

Reckon you make me some biscuits

He's a regular Eli Whitney on a lawn mower - Sling Blade

He's a regular Eli Whitney on a lawn mower

See if you can figure out what's wrong with this - Sling Blade

See if you can figure out what's wrong with this

Karl you know what - Sling Blade

Karl you know what

It came over me in a rush - Sling Blade

It came over me in a rush

You know how this town is - Sling Blade

You know how this town is

I'm on my lunch break - Sling Blade

I'm on my lunch break

I had one there for a little while - Sling Blade

I had one there for a little while

I don't think anything bad ought to happen to children - Sling Blade

I don't think anything bad ought to happen to children

The Bible says you ought not to - Sling Blade

The Bible says you ought not to

I don't mean to be so damned - Sling Blade

I don't mean to be so damned

I don't like homosexuals - Sling Blade

I don't like homosexuals

I'd kick your head in 25 years ago - Sling Blade

I'd kick your head in 25 years ago

They turned me loose from the nervous hospital - Sling Blade

They turned me loose from the nervous hospital

I learned to read some - Sling Blade

I learned to read some

What the God damn hell you doing - Sling Blade

What the God damn hell you doing

I don't rightly know - Sling Blade

I don't rightly know

Your buddy Karl here is going - Sling Blade

Your buddy Karl here is going

A shovel just makes too goddamned much racket - Sling Blade

A shovel just makes too goddamned much racket

Just 'cause I ain't gonna be around no more - Sling Blade

Just 'cause I ain't gonna be around no more

That Frank - Sling Blade

I aim to kill you with it - Sling Blade

I aim to kill you with it

To call the police - Sling Blade

To call the police

I've killed Doyle Hargraves with a lawnmower blade - Sling Blade

I've killed Doyle Hargraves with a lawnmower blade

Frank's a weak little kid - Sling Blade

Frank's a weak little kid

There was a boy - Sling Blade

There was a boy

Who'd you kill - Sling Blade

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Billy Bob Thornton

Writer: Billy Bob Thornton

Production: Miramax,The Shooting Gallery

Genre: drama

Year: 1996

MetaScore: 84/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: $24,444,121

Released: 14 Mar 1997

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 15 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.miramax.com/movie/sling-blade/

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