Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1996, a quiet, character-driven drama hit movie theaters that would quickly go on to leave a lasting mark on American cinema.

It has been 20 years since the film world met Karl Childers, a mentally-handicapped man with a shattered, bloody past played by Arkansas-native Billy Bob Thornton. This week in 1996 Thornton’s “Sling ...

BENTON, Ark. — In the early 90s, Arkansas native Billy Bob Thornton found himself at a crossroads. The up-and-coming actor wasn't happy with the direction his career was headed. One day, Thornton was ...

"Sling Blade" is 25 years old. Released nationally on Nov. 27, 1996, the movie, filmed in and around Benton in May 1995, was the creation of Arkansas native, actor and musician, Billy Bob Thornton, ...

The bar half-lit, his beer quarter-full, Billy Bob Thornton smiled like a guy fencing stolen watches. He wore a long, dark coat, hat pulled low, and one sensed he could slip away with no one, not even ...

Mickey Jones, whose bearded, grizzled face added texture to scores of shows from The Rockford Files to Justified and dozens of films including Sling Blade and National Lampoon’s Vacation and whose ...

Have you ever watched a movie that changed the way you think about a phrase forever? For me, that movie is Sling Blade, written, directed by, and starring Billy Bob Thornton. He won an Oscar for Best ...

This is one of those rare films that comes along once every decade. One whose story goes beyond the movie itself to become something all its own. Sling Blade isn't just about a plot, an actor, or a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Moberly, Missouri native, Briscoe began his career as an apprentice at The Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theatre in 1985. He eventually ...

This is one of those rare films that comes along once every decade. One whose story goes beyond the movie itself to become something all its own. Sling Blade isn't just about a plot, an actor, or a ...

In 1996, a quiet, character-driven drama hit movie theaters that would quickly go on to leave a lasting mark on American cinema. The film follows Karl Childers, a man with an intellectual disability ...