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Billy Bob Thornton
Writer 71 years old

Billy Bob Thornton

Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone. In the mid-1990s,... Read full bio →

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Jayne Mansfield's Car

Jayne Mansfield's Car

Billy Bob Thornton 2012 2h 2m

Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences that will either tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions.

Daddy and Them

Daddy and Them

Billy Bob Thornton 2001 1h 41m 5.0

Dark comedy where a married couple comes to the aid of a jailed uncle.

The Gift

The Gift

Sam Raimi 2000 1h 52m 6.6

When a local woman disappears and the police can't seem to find any leads, her father turns to a poor young woman with psychic powers. Slowly she starts having visions of the woman chained and in a pond. Her visions lead to the body and the arrest of an abusive husband, but did he really do it?

Sling Blade

Sling Blade

Billy Bob Thornton 1996 2h 15m 7.3

Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.

Don't Look Back

Don't Look Back

Geoff Murphy 1996 1h 30m

Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, and returns home with it to Texas. Hoping to turn his life around with his newfound wealth, Jessie endures detox with the support of his friends.

A Family Thing

A Family Thing

Richard Pearce 1996 1h 49m 7.0

When an old woman dies, she leaves a note for her apparent son (Robert Duvall) which tells him that his biological mother died giving birth to him. She begs him to make peace with his half-brother (James Earl Jones) living in Chicago.

One False Move

One False Move

Carl Franklin 1992 1h 45m 7.7

Big city crime comes to a small Arkansas town.

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