Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Movie

Drama

Thriller

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: 03/26/1994

Rating: 6.7

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh, Jefferson Mays, Suzanne Cryer, Abby Abernathy, Brent Briscoe, Otto Coelho, Abe Dalool, Ron Livingston, Aaron Wheeler, Bill Boll, Chester Dent, Bill Sprague, Joey Bilow, Mark Gimbrere, Michael Beugg, Linda Beugg, Trevor A. Tarr, Mike Herman, Glennon Schneider, Kevin Hell, Doug Hart, Carlos Sanchez, Anthony Guneratne, Nikywa Prevost, Beth Ruggiero, Rosalie Barron, Dewitte Briggs, Jude Barron, Kevin Hudnell, Mark Sellors, Lincoln Schlei, Joel Milner, Brent J. Williams

Billy Bob Thornton