If you've ever seen "Sling Blade", Billy Bob Thornton's 1996 director's debut, you know that man is not only a phenomenal actor, but also a damn good writer and director, also (his first scenario was "his first scenario" was "One false move, “a forgotten gem of a crimeHe was acting Bill Parston himself). "Sling Blade" is old-fashioned, smart and sensitive-it's poetry in the move in a way of very few films. It could not be done today for several reasons (some legitimate, some suspicious), but at that time, Thornton received the recognition of what he deserved. It gave him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, but more importantly, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

His career as a writer-director (despite being a busy actor) couldn't have a better start. He was ambitious and creatively rich, having his only Chinese vision that had the potential to turn it into the type of acting director that Clint Eastwood became ahead of him. But as it often happens in Hollywood, his next film (as a director) went through so many problems and turmoil - that ended up making the cashier's flop - that kind of Thornton lost his spark and directed only one movie in the next ten years. But who could blame him after making a St.

In a retrospective, it's no surprise that Harvey Weinstein can destroy a few careers and people's lives as easily as some films he made. Unfortunately, Thornton's "all beautiful horses", written by Ted Tali, was one of those victims. He clearly spilled his heart and soul, watching the film of 2 hours and 42 minutes, with Weinstein resisting and reduced to less than two hours just to work two or three times more in several theaters, handling more money. In recent Interview with the deadlineThornton shared how much disappointment and a heart attack for him, they never got his original part of the public post. He said,

"The public will probably never know what that movie is. Get, well, you'll get it.

Two hours and 42 minutes passed. It was my intersection. They reduced it to an hour and 59 minutes. They reduced the basic things. Somewhere in my storage unit, I got the original with Dan's music. Roger Ebert said earlier, you have to extinguish this. And I said, I would like. I don't know how to go to it. I don't know what the rights are. I don't know anything. "

As serious as it may sound, the pure fact that Thornton still has the original version is the kind of spark of hope that cynefiles like me. Because it suggests that there is a chance ... Both in this day and age, there may be streaming service ready to resurrect this long forgotten film in its initial form. Honestly, I'm a little confused that it's not done anymore. Featuring Matt Damon's fantastic team, Penelope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Sam Sheppard and Robert Patrick in their HeyDays, the decline of Thornton's director would be more than attractive to a particular audience - like Paramount+'s Old School macho as a "Yellowstone" and EP Historically West as "1883" progressed like nothing else. God's ready, one day we will see "all the beautiful horses" as it was intended, in honor of the original vision that Billy Bob Thornton dreamed of it on the big screen.