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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

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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".

Directed by George Hickenlooper
Written by Billy Bob Thornton
Produced by Kevin Hudnell, George Hickenlooper, Adam Lindemann
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Top Cast

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

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Abby Abernathy

Brent Briscoe

Brent Briscoe

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Otto Coelho

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Abe Dalool

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston

About Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade is a drama, thriller film released in 1994. Directed by George Hickenlooper, it stars Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J. T. Walsh. 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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