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Sling Blade - Region 1 DVD

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Description: Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed, and starred in this mesmerizing drama with haunting overtones of To Kill a Mockingbird. Thornton plays a mentally retarded man who has spent 20 years in a psychiatric hospital for killing his mother and her lover. Released into the community from which he came, he befriends and protects a lonely boy regularly harassed and abused by his mom's boyfriend (a terrific performance by Dwight Yoakam). The story is ultimately about sacrifice, but Thornton certainly doesn't get twinkly about it. Some of the best material concerns the hero's no-big-deal efforts to integrate into a "normal" life ... (more)
Manufacturer: Miramax
Release date: 4 February 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9781558907799 UPC: 717951000118
Tags: Drama (4), Indie (2), Murder (2), 1996 (2), VHS (2), Independent (2), Coming-of-age (2), Oscar (2), Debut (2), Friendships (2), Academy Award Winners (2), Substance Abuse (2), 0351 (1)
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