[BBell]

Guitars,Cadillacs. One of Dwight Yoakam’s better songs. I read a good piece of trivia once. Robert Duvall was in Sling Blade as a favor to Billy Bob. Apparently Duvall saw the talent Billy Bob has and Duvall likes independent movies. Years later when Billy Bob was a famous actor he paid Duvall back by appearing in Duvall’s independent movie “The Apostle.” The Apostle is an outstanding movie.

[Albion Wilde]

And Duvall is my favorite actor by faaaaar. I've seen The Apostle about five times. I've also walked by Duvall's huge, beautiful ranch in Virginia, and when he owned a small restaurant in a tiny town out there, I went there for lunch so I could ogle him. But being a proper conservative lady, I didn't disturb him. He sat with his back to the room, with his wife at right angles.

btw, I also loved Billy Bob Thorton in Bandits, with Cate Blanchett and directed by Barry Levinson (whose films I also love).

[Vermont Lt]

Several years after Sling Blade, Thorton and Jon Heder worked with each other in a movie. It is said that during their breaks, Thorton would drop into his Sling Blade character and Heder would do Napoleon Dynamite.

Can you imagine how funny that was?