Mickey Jones, whose bearded, grizzled face added texture to scores of shows from The Rockford Files to Justified and dozens of films including Sling Blade and National Lampoon’s Vacation and whose ...

Prior to his tabloid-worthy exploits as a five-time divorcee and all-around eccentric, Billy Bob Thornton earned the right be weird by becoming one of modern movies' most esteemed entertainers. After ...

This is one of those rare films that comes along once every decade. One whose story goes beyond the movie itself to become something all its own. Sling Blade isn't just about a plot, an actor, or a ...

Read up on the latest Sling Blade News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. After being institutionalized for a childhood crime, a man with an intellectual disability is released into the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Moberly, Missouri native, Briscoe began his career as an apprentice at The Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theatre in 1985. He eventually ...

In 1996, a quiet, character-driven drama hit movie theaters that would quickly go on to leave a lasting mark on American cinema. The film follows Karl Childers, a man with an intellectual disability ...

"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, ...

It has been 20 years since the film world met Karl Childers, a mentally-handicapped man with a shattered, bloody past played by Arkansas-native Billy Bob Thornton. This week in 1996 Thornton’s “Sling ...

Character actor Brent Briscoe, who played Lou Chambers in Sam Raimi’s A Simple Plan, appeared with Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade, and most recently played Detective Dave Macklay in David Lynch’s ...