Billy Bob Thornton was in his 40s when Sling Blade (1996) catapulted him to fame with an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and a win for Best Adapted Screenplay. As the actor/writer/director ...

Sling Blade is a timeless and impactful piece of Southern Gothic cinema that leaves a deep impression and is impossible to ...

For Bad Santa 2 star Billy Bob Thornton, it was Sling Blade that made him a household name, so fans approach him with DVDs to get signatures. Only, there are times when they probably shouldn't.

Billy Bob Thornton, 69, is an Oscar-winning actor, screenwriter, director and musician best known for the films “Sling Blade” and “Monster’s Ball,” and for the TV series “Fargo” and ...

SEND IT BACK: 'Bad Santa 2' Review: Billy Bob Thornton's St. Nick Never Sounded So Sour The laconic score by musician and producer Daniel Lanois wrapped the film up in a nice, tragic package.

When Sling Blade hit theaters in 1996, it set the tone for movies set in the South and Arkansas while catapulting Billy Bob Thornton to stardom.

Billy Bob Thornton, who used to be one of the most outrageous and high-profile figures in Hollywood, has gone down a different path in the last decade, finding praise on TV series such as "Goliath ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The bar half-lit, his beer quarter-full, Billy Bob Thornton smiled like a guy fencing stolen watches. He wore a long, dark coat, hat pulled low, and one sensed he could ...

Made on a shoestring budget of $1 million, “Sling Blade” opens today at area cinemas. “For me, the movie is really about redemption and sacrifice,” says Thornton, 41.

That is his problem, and his salvation, as a mildly retarded boy and man in “Sling Blade,” Billy Bob Thornton’s rigorous portrait of good and evil in a Southern town.