John Ritter was acclaimed for his portrayal of a small-town gay man in this 1996 Billy Bob Thornton film
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Sling Blade (1996) - IMDb  Drama  Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and ... With Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter. ... of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town. ... Taking a one-dimensional view of this film might lead one to believe that Karl...
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Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Sling Blade [DVD + Digital]  With the parodies and jokes surrounding the lead character of this film stating, ... Billy Bob Thornton plays Karl Childers, a man about to be released from a mental ... Small town folks have big hearts, but sometimes small minds. ... who is gay (well acted by John Ritter) and he must hide his relationships from the townsfolk.
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<i>Sling Blade</i> [Movie] - Encyclopedia of Arkansas - The ...  Feb 26, 2013 ... Filmed entirely in Benton (Saline County) by Arkansas native Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade was one of the most critically acclaimed movies of ... Karl also befriends Linda's boss, Vaughan Cunningham (John Ritter), a semi-closeted gay ... Though not the most positive depiction of life in the small-town...
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Review for Sling Blade (1996) - IMDb  Frank's trouble lies in his mother Linda (played by Natalie Canerday)'s ... As the writer, director and actor of this film, Billy Bob Thornton has done a ... First, the town looks like such a typical southern small town, in which everyone's nice and kind. ... First it's Linda's boss (played wonderfully by John Ritter) who is a good man,...
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Sling Blade - Wikipedia  Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film set in rural Arkansas, written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars in the lead role. It tells the story of a man named Karl Childers who has a developmental ... In addition to Thornton, it stars Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday,...
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John Ritter - Wikipedia  Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter (September 17, 1948  September 11, 2003) was an American actor and comedian, best known for his role of Jack Tripper in Three's Company, for which he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award in 1984; also playing .... Four days after Ritter's death, Nick at Nite ran an all-night Three's Company...
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"Three's Company" Reviews & Ratings - IMDb  When this show first premiered, it was thought of only as a jiggle show. ... Jack Tripper (John Ritter) is an everyman who has to feign homosexuality to live in ... it came to the ladies especially dealing with his roommates Janet Wood and Chrissy ..... his surprise,Mr Roper had agreed to let him stay.later on Jack asks why he...
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jeopardy/2168_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  TV ACTORS & ROLES | He was playing Rev. Fordwick on "The Waltons" when he was cast as the irreverent Jack Tripper on "Three's Company" | John Ritter.
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TV, or Not TV? - TheaterMania.com  Nov 28, 2000 ... Nov 28, 2000 by David Finkle in Theater News. ... John Ritter (Three's Company) and Henry Winkler (Happy Days) are in the original Broadway cast of The Dinner Party, .... Jay Binder--who handled casting for The Dinner Party, as he has ... in readings of the piece long before its Broadway run was mooted.
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Billy Bob Thornton - Wikipedia  Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. Thornton had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller One False Move, and came to international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for ... In the mid-1980s, Thornton settled in Los Angeles to pursue his career as an...
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The Cable Guy (1996) - IMDb  Comedy  A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his ... Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller in The Cable Guy (1996) Matthew Broderick and Jim ... Stars: Jim Carrey, Rene Zellweger, Anthony Anderson ..... but Matthew Broderick holds his own as the anal retentive guy which he is great at...
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John Ritter - Biography - IMDb  Then he appeared as "Reverend Matthew Fordwick" on The Waltons (1971). He ... Before playing "Jack Tripper" on the small screen, he also made his box office .... he and the cast did a spoof of his situation comedy Three's Company (1976).
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The English Patient: 1996 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Sep 18, 2014 ... HACKER CINEMA $200: Emilio Estevez accesses an embassy's surveillance system in this 1996 Tom Cruise film. JOHN RITTER $1600: John...
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Sling Blade (1996) - IMDb  Drama  Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and ... With Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter. ... A partially handicapped man named Karl is released from a mental hospital, ... As Karl's relationship with Frank grows, he is watchful of Doyle's cruel actions.
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'90s sex twists into '50s town  friday.11.6.1998. Movie provides 'pleasant' alternative from modern Hollywood films. '90s sex twists into '50s town ... how transported into the lives of two characters in Pleasantville, a fictional ... 1950s sitcoms: everyone is happy all the time, it ... artist, and until the two '90s teens showed ... Walsh, who plays the town mayor.
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English Pete: The Best Films of 1996  Mar 30, 2015 ... He also won a: Boston Society of Film Critics Award, Most Promising Actor ...... Beautiful Thing is about two neighbors, one being victimized by his ...... who also co-stars in the film, alongside Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick, ... Having a darker tone than most of Carrey's work prior to 1996, The Cable Guy...
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jeopardy/2712_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  POPULATION UNDER 50,000 | Billy Bob Thornton was born in this steamy Arkansas city where Bill Clinton lived as a boy | Hot Springs. right: Wrong:.
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Billy Bob Thornton - Awards - IMDb  Academy Awards, USA ... 1997, Won Oscar, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Sling Blade (1996). Nominated Oscar, Best Actor ... 2015, Won Golden Globe .... Best Screenplay, Original Sling Blade...
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BOMB Magazine  Billy Bob Thornton by John Bowe  JB You used to play drums, you ever find time to play music now? ... they had some Dan Ackroyd movie made, then they write the Brad Pitt movie. ... All photos from Billy Bob Thornton's Sling Blade, by Michael Yaris, courtesy Miramax Films. .... And with John, we'd worked quite a bit before on television, and he and I talked...
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Robert's 100 Favorite Movies of All Time - Pinterest  Top 100 Films.. | See more about ... Mathew Broderick might have been the greatest teen age actor ever. .... #40 The Way We Were. ... Love the story,the music,Mailbu, NYC . ... 81 St. Elmo's Fire * 1980s film about leaving college, starring integral members ..... #10 A STAR IS BORN (1976) in Barbra Streisand Pictures Forum.
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Remembering Actor/Comedian John Ritter On The 10th Anniversary ...  Sep 11, 2013 ... Premiering as a mid-season series on ABC-TV in early 1977, and was an ... In the center of it all was John Ritter's portrayal of Jack Tripper. ... episodes when Tripper has to deal with an unruly hammock that he's right in ... than not, but were at best adventurous projects that showcased a range and scope.