Sling Blade (1996)

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Led to

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Dwight Yoakam: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. career (career): Sling Blade ⇒ Dwight Yoakam (the maker said so: Fincher said, as the host recalls). Fincher cast Yoakam after seeing him in Sling Blade.
    “I think Fincher said he saw him in Sling Blade, and that was what made him want to cast him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Panic Room: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. people (led to casting): Sling Blade ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Yoakam was cast in Panic Room off of Sling Blade.
    “That was kind of what he got cast off over.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 1:02:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

Billy Bob Thornton: 2 lines career ×1 people ×1

  1. career (career): Billy Bob Thornton → Sling Blade. Friday Night Lights was the peak of the run that started with Sling Blade.
    “but this was kind of the peak of that whole run that starts with sling blade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:22:58 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Panic Room: 2 lines people ×2

  1. people (shared actor and type): Sling Blade → Panic Room. In both films Yoakam plays a realistic sadist, which is why he works.
    “I feel like in both this and Slingblade, the thing that works is that Yokum is playing a realistic sadist.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:11:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Ben Affleck: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Ben Affleck → Sling Blade. On the Armageddon Criterion commentary Affleck does a Sling Blade voice whenever Billy Bob Thornton is on screen.
    “anytime Billy Bob Thornton is on screen, Ben Affleck starts doing a slingblade voice.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:21:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Dwight Yoakam: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Dwight Yoakam → Sling Blade. Fincher cast Yoakam after seeing him in Sling Blade.
    “I think Fincher said he saw him in Sling Blade, and that was what made him want to cast him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (performance comparison): Sling Blade → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Pitt is only the second actor nominated for a Sling Blade style performance, after Thornton.
    “I was just going to ask if Brad Pitt is the only actor, other than Thornton, obviously, to be nominated for doing a slingblade, slingblade.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:02:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Billy Bob Thornton → Sling Blade. Friday Night Lights was the peak of the run that started with Sling Blade.
    “but this was kind of the peak of that whole run that starts with sling blade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:22:58 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Dwight Yoakam → Sling Blade. Fincher cast Yoakam after seeing him in Sling Blade.
    “I think Fincher said he saw him in Sling Blade, and that was what made him want to cast him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

people (5)

  1. people (performance comparison): Sling Blade → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Pitt is only the second actor nominated for a Sling Blade style performance, after Thornton.
    “I was just going to ask if Brad Pitt is the only actor, other than Thornton, obviously, to be nominated for doing a slingblade, slingblade.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:02:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (led to casting): Sling Blade → Panic Room. A host says Yoakam was cast in Panic Room off of Sling Blade.
    “That was kind of what he got cast off over.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 1:02:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (shared actor and type): Sling Blade → Panic Room. In both films Yoakam plays a realistic sadist, which is why he works.
    “I feel like in both this and Slingblade, the thing that works is that Yokum is playing a realistic sadist.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:11:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Sling Blade → Billy Bob Thornton. Sling Blade, a Harvey indie push, won the screenplay Oscar.
    “It was sling blade.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:21:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. people (people): Ben Affleck → Sling Blade. On the Armageddon Criterion commentary Affleck does a Sling Blade voice whenever Billy Bob Thornton is on screen.
    “anytime Billy Bob Thornton is on screen, Ben Affleck starts doing a slingblade voice.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:21:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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