Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994•25m•6.7•Released
DramaThriller
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
Languages
English
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 Boll
Chester Dent
Bill Sprague
Joey Bilow
Production
Producer
Adam Lindemann
Producer
Kevin Hudnell
Producer
George Hickenlooper
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