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.

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FilmPublisher number: 35004 | MiramaxLanguage: English Summary language: English, Spanish Original language: English Series: Miramax collector's seriesPublication details: [United States] : Miramax ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005]Edition: Special ed., director's cutDescription: 2 videodiscs (ca. 148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

0788853384
9780788853388

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Sling blade (Motion picture)

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DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

CM DVD 00310

Production credits:

Director of photography, Barry Markowitz ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; original music, Daniel Lanois.

Awards:

Academy Award (1996): Best Adapted Screenplay

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, Robert Duvall.Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
DVD	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso)	CM DVD 00310 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000030257

DVD,

Closed-captioned; English soundtrack, optional English or Spanish subtitles.

Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, Robert Duvall.

Director of photography, Barry Markowitz ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; original music, Daniel Lanois.

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.

MPAA rating: R.

Academy Award (1996): Best Adapted Screenplay

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.

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.

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