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Landman Star Billy Bob Thornton Has A Sad Reason For Not Directing Again

As busy as he's been starring in Landman of late, that's not the reason Billy Bob Thornton hasn't directed a movie in several ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Remembering 'Sling Blade': A look back at the Arkansas-made film as it turns 25

"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, ...
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Decades Later, This Billy Bob Thornton Oscar-Winning Movie Still Leaves Quite a Mark

While currently one of TV's biggest stars with Landman and Goliath and Fargobefore that,Billy Bob Thorntonwas one of the most unique movie stars on the big screen. With his one-of-a-kind southern ...
Los Angeles Times

From ‘Sling Blade’ to ‘Goliath’: Billy Bob Thornton finds his peace

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 slip away with no one, not even ...
Houston Chronicle

Billy Bob Thornton's moody 'Sling Blade' turns 20 years old

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 ...
Cinema Blend

Billy Bob Thornton's Blunt Response To Having To Sign Sling Blade DVDs At His Band's Shows

Interviews I Was Obsessed With Sam Elliott Joining The Landman Cast, And Billy Bob Thornton's Story About Their Emotional First Scene Didn't Disappoint: 'It Affected Me' Interviews As An 1883 Stan, I ...
The Ledger

From 'Sling Blade' to '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 slip ...