1994
6.8 (29 votes)
0h 25m
Genres
Drama
Thriller
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Overview
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".
Key Crew
Director: George Hickenlooper
Writer: Billy Bob Thornton
Producer: Adam Lindemann, Kevin Hudnell, George Hickenlooper
Director of Photography: Kent L. Wakeford
Top Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Molly Ringwald
Teresa Tatum
J. T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
Jefferson Mays
Gerry Woolridge
Suzanne Cryer
Frances
Abby Abernathy
