Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)
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
Writer: Billy Bob Thornton
The Cast
            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
            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
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