Lucas Black	Frank Wheatley
Billy Bob Thornton	Karl Childers
Natalie Canerday	Linda Wheatley
Robert Duvall	Frank Childers
John Ritter	Vaughan Cunningham
J.T. Walsh	Charles Bushman
Dwight Yoakam	Doyle Hargraves
James Hampton	Jerry Woolridge
Rick Dial	Bill Cox
Brent Briscoe	Scooter Hodges

Director	Billy Bob Thornton
Producer	Brandon Rosser Larry Meistrich
Writer	Billy Bob Thornton
Cinematography	Barry Markowitz
Musician	Daniel Lanois

Karl Childers is a developmentally retarded man who has spent every waking hour since the age of 12 in a psychiatric institution. He is institutionalized for killing his own mother and her lover. The movie is about his release from captivity and his discovery of himself and a young boy with whom he befriends. The boy's mother is in an abusive relationship that affects Karl's young friend negatively and he must make things right for the boy in order to make things right for himself and ultimately return to captivity.

Edition Details Audience Rating R (Restricted) Country USA Language English Distributor Miramax Home Video Edition Miramax Collector's Series Barcode 786936239096 Region Region 1 Release Date 6/7/2005 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Surround [English] Dolby Digital Surround [English] Layers Single Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 2 Features Disc 1: Disc 1 Sling Blade Director's Cut Feature Commentary with Writer/Director/Actor Billy Bob Thornton Disc 2 Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood Bravo Profiles: Billy Bob Thornton Roundtable Discussion with Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Mickey Jones and Producer David Bushell Conversation with Billy Bob Thornton and Robert Duvall Conversation with Robert Duvall Conversation with Billy Bob Thornton and Composer Daniel Lanois The Return of Karl On the Set: 1. Billy Bob at Work 2. Doyle's Band: The Johnsons 3. Doyle Gets Pummeled "Doyle's Dead" - With Introduction by Billy Bob Thornton Sling Blade Reviews

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