Release Info
Release Dates
| USA | 30 August 1996 | (Telluride Film Festival) |
| USA | 28 September 1996 | (New York Film Festival) |
| USA | October 1996 | (Chicago International Film Festival) |
| USA | 10 October 1996 | (Austin Film Festival) |
| USA | 27 November 1996 | |
| Portugal | 6 June 1997 | |
| Turkey | 27 June 1997 | |
| Australia | 31 July 1997 | |
| Netherlands | 21 August 1997 | |
| Spain | 3 September 1997 | |
| Germany | 5 September 1997 | (Oldenburg International Film Festival) |
| Singapore | 11 September 1997 | |
| Germany | 18 September 1997 | |
| Switzerland | 3 October 1997 | (German speaking region) |
| Argentina | 6 November 1997 | |
| Sweden | 7 November 1997 | |
| Iceland | 9 November 1997 | (Reykjavik Film Festival) |
| Denmark | 21 November 1997 | |
| France | 26 November 1997 | |
| Finland | 28 November 1997 | |
| Iceland | 5 December 1997 | |
| Japan | 20 December 1997 | |
| New Zealand | 26 December 1997 | |
| Hungary | 15 January 1998 | |
| UK | 10 July 1998 | |
| Uruguay | 13 November 1998 | |
| Czech Republic | 28 January 1999 | |
| South Korea | 30 September 2000 | |
| Russia | 27 November 2001 | (DVD premiere) |
| Greece | 20 November 2006 | (DVD premiere) |
Also Known As (AKA)
| Resplandor en la noche | Argentina (imdb display title), Uruguay |
| Biçak sirti | Turkey (Turkish title) |
| El otro lado de la vida | Spain (imdb display title) |
| Koftero lepidi | Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title) |
| L'altre costat de la vida | Spain (Catalan title) |
| La justice au coeur | Canada (French title) |
| Lama tagliente | Italy |
| Na Corda Bamba | Brazil |
| O Arremesso | Portugal |
| Pengeélen | Hungary (imdb display title) |
| Rezilo | Slovenia |
| Sečivo | Serbia |
| Sling Blade | Austria |
| Sling Blade - Auf Messers Schneide | Germany |
