Uniform Title Sling blade (Motion picture)

Title Sling blade / 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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[United States] : Miramax ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD SLING BLADE	Check Shelf
Granby, Main Library - Drama	DRAMA DVD SLI	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	AD DVD SLING DISC 1-2	DUE 04-30-24
Plainville Public Library - Adult Department	DVD SLING DISC 1-2	Check Shelf
Portland Public Library - Adult Department	DVD DRA SLI DISC 1-2	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Adult	DVD SLING	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department	DVD SLING DISC 1-2	Check Shelf

Edition	Special edition, director's cut.
Description	2 videodiscs (approximately 148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Series	Miramax collector's series
	Miramax collector's series.
System Details	DVD.
Cast	Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, Robert Duvall.
Credits	Director of photography, Barry Markowitz ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; original music, Daniel Lanois.
Note	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.
Audience	MPAA rating: R.
Awards	Academy Award (1996): Best Adapted Screenplay
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.
Note	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.
Language	Closed-captioned; English soundtrack, optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	People with mental disabilities -- Drama.
	Murder -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Feature films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Thornton, Billy Bob.
	Rosser, Brandon.
	Bushell, David L.
	Yoakam, Dwight.
	Walsh, J. T.
	Ritter, John, 1948-2003.
	Black, Lucas, 1982-
	Canerday, Natalie.
	Hampton, Jim.
	Duvall, Robert.
	Miramax Films.
	Shooting Gallery (Firm)
	Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
	Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN	0788853384
	9780788853388
Standard No.	786936239096
Music No.	35004 Miramax

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