Sling Blade

1996

Directed by

Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Bob Thornton

Starring

Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter

Runtime

2h 15m

Country

USA

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.