Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)

Name: Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1994-03-26
Duration: 25 min
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh, Jefferson Mays, Suzanne Cryer

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".

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Released 1994-03-26 · 25 min · Drama, Thriller

Directed by George Hickenlooper

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers
Molly Ringwald as Teresa Tatum
J.T. Walsh as Charles Bushman
Jefferson Mays as Gerry Woolridge
Suzanne Cryer as Frances
Abby Abernathy
Brent Briscoe
Otto Coelho
Abe Dalool
Ron Livingston
Aaron Wheeler
Bill Boll
Chester Dent
Bill Sprague
Joey Bilow