Sling blade  [videorecording] / 
Miramax Films ; [presented by] the Shooting Gallery ; written for the screen and directed by Billy Bob Thornton ; producers, Brandon Rosser, David L. Bushell. 
 - Special ed., director's cut. 
 - [United States] :  Burbank, CA :  Miramax ;  Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,  [2005] 
 - 2 videodiscs (ca. 148 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
 - Miramax collector's series .
<br/><br/> DVD release of the 1996 motion picture.  Region 1; dual-layer format; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.  "Exclusive director's cut"--Container.  Special features: disc 1: Sling Blade director's cut; feature commentary with writer/director/actor Billy Bob Thornton; disc 2: Mr. Thornton goes to Hollywood; Billy Bob Thornton (Bravo Profiles); a roundtable discussion with Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Mickey Jones and producer David Bushell; a conversation with Billy Bob Thornton and Robert Duvall; a conversation with Robert Duvall; a conversation with Billy Bob Thornton and composer Daniel Lanois; The return of Karl; On the Set (Billy Bob at work, Doyle's band : the Johnsons, Doyle gets pummeled); "Doyle's dead"; Sling Blade reviews. 
<br/><br/>Director of photography, Barry Markowitz ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; original music, Daniel Lanois.  Director of photography, Barry Markowitz ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; original music, Daniel Lanois. 
<br/><br/>Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, Robert Duvall. 
<br/><br/> After 25 years, mildly retarded killer Karl Childers is released from the mental hospital where he was placed for killing his mother and her lover. He gets a job and is befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother, but his newfound peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: R. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, 
<br/><br/><br/>Closed-captioned; English soundtrack, optional English or Spanish subtitles. 
<br/><br/> Academy Award (1996): Best Adapted Screenplay 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0788853384 9780788853388 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>786936239096 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>35004  Miramax 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Midwest Tapes  http://www.midwesttapes.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>People with mental disabilities--Drama.<br/>Murder--Drama.<br/>Enfermedades mentales--Teatro.<br/>Asesinato--Teatro.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Feature films.<br/>Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 00310 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/72