Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994

0h 25m

6.7(32 votes)

Drama

Thriller

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".

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Karl Childers

Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald

Teresa Tatum

J.T. Walsh

J.T. Walsh

Charles Bushman

Jefferson Mays

Jefferson Mays

Gerry Woolridge

Suzanne Cryer

Suzanne Cryer

Frances

Abby Abernathy

Brent Briscoe

Brent Briscoe

Otto Coelho

Abe Dalool

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston

Creative team

Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Written by: Billy Bob Thornton
Produced by: Adam Lindemann
George Hickenlooper

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