Sling Blade (1996)

USA
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  • Release dates
  • Soundtrack listing
  • Awards
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Basic facts

Original title Sling Blade
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1997-11-07

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers

Dwight Yoakam
Doyle Hargraves

J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman

John Ritter
Vaughan Cunningham

Lucas Black
Frank Wheatley

Natalie Canerday
Linda Wheatley

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Titles

Original title
  • Sling Blade
Swedish release title
  • Sling Blade
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Sling Blade

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Executive Producer

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam Doyle Hargraves
J.T. Walsh Charles Bushman
John Ritter Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday Linda Wheatley
James Hampton Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall Karls far
Rick Dial Bill Cox
Brent Briscoe Scooter Hodges
Christy Ward Melinda
Jim Jarmusch "Frostee Cream"-försäljaren
Sarah Boss Marsha Dwiggins
Kathy Sue Brown Theresa Evans
Vic Chesnutt Terence
Bruce Hampton Morris
Mickey Jones Monty Johnson
Ian Moore Randy Horsefeathers
Judy Pryor Trice Mrs. Woolridge
Wendell Rafferty Melvin
Scott Stewart Bubba Woolridge
Betty Lynn Hall systern
Gary Don Fletcher prästen
Tim Holder Albert
Tom Kagy Freddy
Stacy Barrow Woolridges sekreterare
Jackie Stewart Walter
Jamie Stewart tonårspojken
D.J. Royston uppsyningsmannen
Lacy Bailey Karen
Raymond Lewallen biljettförsäljaren
Bill Glasscock den gamle mannens röst

Companies

Production Company The Shooting Gallery
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Egmont Film AB 1997
Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Columbia TriStar Films (Sweden) AB 1997
Distributor in Sweden (Video) Egmont Film AB 1998
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Egmont Film AB 1998
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Nordisk Film AB 2013
Other Company Sling Blade LLC (©)

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 134923
Date 1997-10-07
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 3689 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 581-510-525-488-525-584-476


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system CFI Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1997-11-07 Filmstaden Gothenburg Sweden 134 min
1997-11-07 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden 134 min (samt ytterligare 2 platser)
Video release 1998-04 Sweden 129 min
TV showing 2003-01-29 SVT1 Sweden 129 min
2004-02-14 TV4 Sweden 129 min
2004-11-13 TV4 Sweden 129 min
DVD release 2013-01-18 Sweden
TV showing 2021-03-12 SVT2 Sweden
2021-04-24 SVT1 Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 2
Colour prints 8
Slides 2
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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