Sling Blade script – Scripts on Screen

Year:1996

Director:Billy Bob Thornton

Written by:Billy Bob Thornton (Screenplay), Billy Bob Thornton (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.

Sling Blade Script Resources:

Sling Blade Script PDF at The Script Savant
Sling Blade Script - Shooting Draft at Screenplays For You
Sling Blade Script at IMSDb
Sling Blade Script at The Daily Script
Sling Blade Script - Undated Shooting Draft at The Daily Script
Sling Blade Script PDF - [Final 1995-01-15] at Script Fly ($)
Sling Blade Script PDF - [Undated] at Script Fly ($)
Sling Blade Script PDF - 1/15/95 FINAL at Script City ($)
Sling Blade Transcript at scripts.com

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