Sling Blade (1996)
| Release Date | 30 August 1996 |
| US Box Office | $24,000,000 |
| Tagline | Sometimes a hero comes from the most unlikely place. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Benton, Arkansas, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Melodrama, Psychological Drama |
| Mood | Only Human |
| Themes | Haunted By the Past, Southern Gothic, Domestic Abuse, Redemption, Mental Illness |
| Tones | Compassionate, Gritty, Poignant, Understated, Bleak, Intimate, Meditative |
| Tags | Investigation, Kill, Mental Retardation, Murder, Physical Abuse, Reporter |
Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film set in rural Arkansas, written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars in the lead role. It tells the story of a mentally impaired man named Karl Childers who is released from a psychiatric hospital, where he has lived since killing his mother and her lover when he was 12 years old, and the friendship he develops with a young boy. In addition to Thornton, it stars Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, and Robert Duvall.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Rick Dial
Bill Cox
Christine Renee Ward
Melinda
Sarah Boss
Marsha Dwiggins
Kathy Sue Brown
Theresa Evans
Wendell Rafferty
Melvin
Bruce Hampton
Morris
Ian Moore
Randy Horsefeathers
Judy Pryor Trice
Mrs. Woolridge
Scott Stewart
Bubba Woolridge
Betty Lynn Hall
Woolridge Daughter
Gary Don Fletcher
Preacher
Tim Holder
Albert
Tom Kagy
Freddy
Stacy Barrow
Woodridge Secretary
Jackie Stewart
Walter
Jamie Stewart
Teenage Boy
D.J. Royston
Housekeeper
Lacy Bailey
Karen
Raymond Lewallen
Ticket Agent
Bill Glasscock
Old Man
Director
Writer
Producer
David L. Bushell
producer
Larry Meistrich
executive producer
Brandon Rosser
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Barry Markowitz
Editor
Hughes Winborne
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Casting Director
Sarah Tackett
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Production Designer
Clark Hunter
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Set Decorator
Traci Kirshbaum
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Costume Designer
Doug Hall
Makeup Department
Kate Biscoe
key hair stylist
Production Manager
Robert Salerno
production manager
Laura Seymann
post-production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
W.M. Halle
first assistant director
Todd Jameson
second assistant director
Daron McAfee
second assistant director
Art Department
Jacob Alsbrook
lead man
Joe Arnold
on-set dresser
Max Biscoe
assistant set decorator
Joe Cuzan
swing art
Dwayne Grady
propmaster
Carlton Rude
assistant props
Sound Department
Gary Alexander
sound re-recording mixer
Weldon Brown
adr recordist
Eric A. Christoffersen
foley assistant
Pete Conlin
first assistant sound editor
Russell Creak
assistant foley artist
Theodore K. Dietz
sound production assistant
David Ellinwood
foley recordist
Mark Howard
dialogue loop editor, sound recordist
Wi Ding Ho
apprentice sound editor
Ivan Hurzeler
assistant sound editor
Lucinda Komisar
assistant sound editor
Jeff Kushner
supervising sound editor, sound designer
Paul Ledford
production sound mixer
Ronald Matthew Lee
additional sound effects recordist
Wayne Lorenz
additional sound engineer
Alison Sanford
sound recordist
Sila A. Soyer
apprentice sound editor
James Wright
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Keenan Wyatt
boom operator
Camera and Electrical Department
Ehab Assal
camera production assistant, assistant camera
Michael Audino
grip
Jonathan Brown
Steadicam operator
Dalton
second assistant camera
Marc Eckhardt
grip
Edwin M. Figueroa
key grip
Douglas W. Hill
electrician
R. Derek Keener
best boy electric
Robert Ortiz
video playback operator
Stewart Wright Pallister
grip
Tom Potoskie
dolly grip
Nate Ranger
first assistant camera
J.A. Riggs
generator operator
John Wagner
gaffer
Michael Yarish
still photographer
Rob Koch
assistant camera
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margaret Critz
wardrobe production assistant
Rani Cunningham
wardrobe supervisor
Theba Lolley
set costumer
Editorial Department
Peter T. DaPuzzo
post-production intern
Lawrence Mischel
negative cutter
Dan Muscarella
color timer
Patti Nunez
assistant post-production supervisor
Johnny Wilson
assistant editor
Stefan Bruck
post-production consultant
Sue Mischel
negative cutter
Music Department
Peter Afterman
music consultant
Brian Blade
additional musician: drums
Malcolm Burn
additional musician: keyboards
Barry Cole
music supervisor
Tim Gibbons
musician: bass, drums and vocals
Mark Howard
music programmer: drums
Ali Jennings
additional musician: slide guitar
Darrell D. Johnson
musician: bass, conga drum, organ and hand drum
Pascal Nabit Meyer
musician: organ
Bambi Lee Savage
musician: vocals and guitar
Elizabeth Wendel
music consultant
Russ Wilson
musician: falsetto harmony, percussion piano, bass and bass pedal
Other Crew
Umber Ayoob
intern
Josh Baxter
intern
Leonard John Bruno
product placement
Aaron Bryson
projectionist
Brig Caldwell
assistant caterer
Steve Carlis
production executive, post-production auditor
Joe Glass
production assistant
Sheryl Glubok
assistant location manager
Jonathan Jasay
intern
Jason Jersey
production assistant
Sharon Kahn
unit publicist
Jeremy Levy
intern
Danna Liebert
script supervisor
Ginny Lou Litsey
assistant production auditor
Joe McCrackin
assistant to director
Larry Meistrich
production executive
Kathy Morris
craft service
Heather Mosher
product placement assistant
Tim Olivett
caterer
J. Robert Saettle
key set production assistant
David Scolli
location intern
Dena Silberstein
product placement
Mary Sunshine
production auditor
David Tuttle
production executive
George Vowteras
location manager
Daniel J. Victor
production financing
Thanks
Leslie Abell
special thanks
Tom Epperson
special thanks
John Faulkner
special thanks
Bob Myman
special thanks
Jerry Myman
special thanks
George Newcomb
special thanks
John Fergus Ryan
special thanks
Emily Gerson Saines
special thanks
Emily Schweber
thanks
Harry James Thornton
special thanks
Jimmy Don Thornton
dedicatee
Pietra Thornton
special thanks
Virginia Faulkner Thornton
special thanks
Brad Wilson
thanks
Production Company
Miramax Films
Shooting Gallery
Distributor
Miramax Films
New Films International
Palace Films
RCV Film Distribution
Laurenfilm
Kinowelt Filmverleih
Líder Films
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Cannes
Criterion Collection, The
Gativideo
Miramax Home Entertainment
RCV Film Distribution
RCV Film Distribution
RCV Home Entertainment
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Walt Disney Home Video
,
Miscellaneous
Allied Film and Video
video dailies
Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)
color timing
D.I.S.C. Insurance
insurance
Island Records
soundtrack released by
Kahn & Jacobs
unit publicist
Kingshill Group Inc.
associate producer
Panavision
camera and lenses
Post Packages
negative cutting
Shooting Gallery Placement
product placement
Shooting Gallery Post
post-production facility
Soundtrack
foley studio
The Chase Manhattan Bank
banking services
The Union Bank
banking services
Title House
titles and opticals
Todd-AO Studios
post-production sound
Victor Duncan
camera and grip equipment provided by
Walden at Capricorn, The
special thanks
Warren, Alpert, Beigelman & Nardelli
attorney
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