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Release Date:
August 30, 1996
Original Title:
Sling Blade
Alternate Titles:
Resplandor en la noche
Sling Blade - Auf Messers Schneide
弹簧刀
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Miramax
The Shooting Gallery
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: U DE: 12 GB: 15 GR: 16 KR: 15 NL: 6 US: R
Runtime: 135
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.
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Assistant Art Director:
Max Biscoe
Assistant Location Manager:
Sheryl Glubok
Assistant Property Master:
Carlton Rude
Casting:
Sarah Tackett
Costume Design:
Doug Hall
Director:
Billy Bob Thornton
Director of Photography:
Barry Markowitz
Editor:
Hughes Winborne
Executive Producer:
Larry Meistrich
First Assistant Director:
Amber Ayub
W.M. Halle
Key Hair Stylist:
Kate Biscoe
Key Makeup Artist:
Tracy Warbin
Leadman:
Jacob Alsbrook
Original Music Composer:
Daniel Lanois
Post Production Supervisor:
Laura Seymann
Producer:
David L. Bushell
Brandon Rosser
Production Design:
Clark Hunter
Production Manager:
Robert Salerno
Property Master:
Dwayne Grady
Screenplay:
Billy Bob Thornton
Second Assistant Director:
Daron McAfee
Todd Jameson Saettele
Set Decoration:
Traci Kirshbaum
Set Dresser:
Joe Arnold
Swing:
Joe Cuzan
Theatre Play:
Billy Bob Thornton
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