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".

Cast & Crew

Director

George Hickenlooper

Billy Bob Thornton

Karl Childers

Molly Ringwald

Teresa Tatum

J.T. Walsh

Charles Bushman

Jefferson Mays

Gerry Woolridge

Suzanne Cryer

Frances

Abby Abernathy