Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994

25 min

6.7

Ends at

25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime. This is the short film that inspired the full-length "Sling Blade".

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Director

George Hickenlooper

Country

Cast & Crew

Billy Bob Thornton

Molly Ringwald

J.T. Walsh

Jefferson Mays

Suzanne Cryer

Abby Abernathy

Brent Briscoe

Otto Coelho

Abe Dalool

Ron Livingston

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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime. This is the short film that inspired the full-length "Sling Blade".

  • Billy Bob Thornton

  • Molly Ringwald

  • J.T. Walsh

  • Jefferson Mays

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