Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed, and stars in this Southern gothic tale about a man named Karl, who's just been released from an asylum. When he returns to the town of his youth, this simple man is thrust into a combustible dilemma that has powerful, moving consequences. Sling Blade also stars Dwight Yoakam and John Ritter.

Criterion's Director Approved special edition of Sling Blade features:

• Audio commentary by director Billy Bob Thornton
• Deleted scenes selected by Billy Bob Thornton
• Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood, an award-winning documentary on the making of Sling Blade