Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)
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".
- Date of release
- 1994-03-26
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (33)
- Runtime
- 25m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- George Hickenlooper
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade is a 1994 short film written by Billy Bob Thornton, directed by George Hickenlooper and starring Thornton, Molly Ringwald, and J.T. Walsh.
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