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See Billy Bob Thornton Reprise His "Sling Blade" Character on the "Ice Harvest" DVD


I received as a gift The Ice Harvest DVD. I like this 2005 movie very much. Stars John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton as a pair of low-level crooks out to rip off the Wichita mob(or a small one-man part of it.)

Anyway, in the "Special Features" section, there is a fun "outtake on purpose" in which Cusack and Billy Bob sit in a restaurant booth and -- on "Action!" (director Harold Ramis) -- Billy Bob contorts his face into Karl from "Switch Blade" and does his dialogue AS Karl.

What's amazing to me is watching Billy Bob need a few seconds, some shaking of his head, some wringing of his face, and then voila...there it is, Sling Blade Karl. No make-up required.

Pretty amazing. Also funny: John Cusack remaining cool and playing along -- though I detect a little "star jealousy" at Billy Bob(billed second) doing his bit while Cusack just sits there. Maybe I imagined it.

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