Sling Blade
Film · 135 min · English · 1996
Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
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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- United States
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- 2026-09-27
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- MRR-1996-FLM-910105
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