Sling Blade (1996) — drama film. Directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter. This page maps 3 characters and 2 relationships between them as an interactive character network. Rated 7.5/10 from 879 votes.
Interactive Features for Sling Blade
Sling Blade offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:
Character Relationship Map
— Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 3 characters interconnect through 2 relationship links.
A disabled man's path from institutional isolation to sacrificial protection and quiet redemption.
Drama · 7.5/10 · 135 min · 1996
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.
