Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994Directed by George Hickenlooper

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Released: March 26, 1994
Runtime: 25m

About Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Drama
Thriller

Synopsis

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".

Director: George Hickenlooper
Writer: Billy Bob Thornton

Principal cast

In billing order

Billy Bob ThorntonKarl Childers
Molly RingwaldTeresa Tatum
J.T. WalshCharles Bushman
Jefferson MaysGerry Woolridge
Suzanne CryerFrances
Abby Abernathy

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