Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)
1994 · 0h 25m · Drama, Thriller
Genres: 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".
Director: George Hickenlooper
Writers: Billy Bob Thornton
Music by: Bill Boll
Cinematography: Kent L. Wakeford
Editor: Henny Bouwmeester, George Hickenlooper
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton as Karl ChildersMolly Ringwald as Teresa TatumJ.T. Walsh as Charles BushmanJefferson Mays as Gerry WoolridgeSuzanne Cryer as FrancesAbby AbernathyBrent BriscoeOtto CoelhoAbe DaloolRon LivingstonAaron WheelerBill BollMore like this
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