Actors J.T. Walsh and Molly Ringwald joined Thornton in the cast. (Walsh reprised his role as a mental patient in Sling Blade, although Ringwald, who played a newspaper reporter, did not.) ...

“Sling Blade” also featured one of character actor J.T. Walsh’s last roles as one of Karl’s freaky fellow patients in the state mental hospital. Robert Duvall made a quick but devastating ...

"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 ...

SLING BLADE, directed and written by Billy Bob Thornton; director of photography, Barry Markowitz; ... Charles Bushman J.T. Walsh. Vaughan Cunningham John Ritter. Frank Wheatley Lucas Black.

Revisiting Sling Blade forced Thonton to revisit footage featuring a pair of longtime friends and collaborators, the late J.T. Walsh and John Ritter.

You always want that first image to hook you, and if J.T. (Walsh) ... Sling Blade producer Larry Meistrich later admitted that Weinstein’s edit was better than Thornton’s. 14.

Some folks call it “Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade.” “And some folks call it a lost opportunity,” independent film director George Hickenlooper said dryly last night at the Baltimore ...