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Sling Blade (1996)

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• The last spoken word in the movie by Doyle, Vaughan, Frank, and Linda is the same: "Karl...?"
  
  
• Fellow independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch appears as the "Frosty Kreme" worker in the beginning. His name tag reads "Deke", the name of the film's Electrical Best Boy.
  
  
• In order to make his walk more awkward and consistent, Billy Bob Thornton placed crushed glass in his shoes.
  
  

• Billy Wilder advised Billy Bob Thornton to write a screenplay where he could exploit his less than perfect features.
  
  
• A remake of the short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994). Both were written and starred Billy Bob Thornton
  
  
• Billy Bob Thornton said he wrote the role of Vaughan Cunningham specifically for his good friend John Ritter.
  
  
• Cameo by Col. Bruce Hampton Ret. of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Code Talkers during Doyal's band scene. Col. Bruce is the Tambourine player and can be seen blowing his trademark "Smokeless Smoke Ring" in a close up shot.
  
  
• Vaughan (John Ritter) is holding a copy of the book "A Confederacy of Dunces" in his final scene. The book revolves around a Southern character that is unable to fit into society.
  
  
• Billy Bob Thornton had written the script in long hand, at his family's house in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
  
  
• Co-stars J.T. Walsh and John Ritter both died of a heart attack at the age of 54.
  
  

• SPOILER: The character played by Dwight Yoakam was killed by the character played by Billy Bob Thornton in both the movie Sling Blade and the movie Don't Look Back (1996) (TV).
  
  

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