Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
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Released: Mar 26, 1994
Runtime: 0h 25m
Rating: ⭐ 6.8 / 10
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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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