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".

1994

Drama·Thriller

0h 25min

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Top Billed Cast

Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Molly Ringwald
Teresa Tatum
J. T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
Jefferson Mays
Gerry Woolridge
Suzanne Cryer
Frances
Abby Abernathy
Brent Briscoe
Otto Coelho
Abe Dalool
Ron Livingston
Aaron Wheeler
Bill Sprague
Joey Bilow
Mark Gimbrere
Linda Beugg
Trevor A. Tarr
Glennon Schneider
Doug Hart
Carlos Sanchez
Anthony Guneratne

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