THU MAR 26, 2026 7:30 PM

SLING BLADE / TOMORROW

$12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission)

Aero Theatre | 30th Anniversary of SLING BLADE

SLING BLADE print courtesy of the George Eastman Museum

‘Starring Robert Duvall’

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  • 135 MINUTES
  • DIRECTED BY: Billy Bob Thornton

ABOUT THE FILMS:

SLING BLADE, 1996, Dir. Billy Bob Thornton, 136 Mins, USA

Mentally disabled Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) is released from the mental hospital where he has spent most of his life after murdering his mother and her lover. He soon forms a bond with Frank (Lucas Black), a boy whose father committed suicide. When Frank’s mother, Linda (Natalie Canerday), lets Karl stay at their house, her cruel boyfriend, Doyle (Dwight Yoakam), tries to get Karl removed. Determined to protect his friend, Karl devises a way to save Frank from years of Doyle’s abuse. Also starring J. T. Walsh, John Ritter and Robert Duvall.

FORMAT: 35mm

TOMORROW, 1972, Dir. Joseph Anthony, 103 Mins, AGFA, USA

In 1930s Mississippi, lonely Jackson Fentry (Robert Duvall) lives by himself as the sole caretaker of a sawmill. One day, close to the property, he discovers a young woman, Sarah Eubanks (Olga Bellin), who is three months pregnant. Since she was abandoned by both her husband and her family, Jackson takes her in. The two fall in love and get married just before her death. Jackson raises the child as his own, until the boy’s uncles arrive to demand he be returned to the family.

FORMAT: DCP