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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

First aired on Mar 26, 1994

Runtime: 25 mins

70%

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".

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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 |
Featured Crew
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George Hickenlooper | Director
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Deborah Smith | Art Direction
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Adam Lindemann | Producer
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Matthew Jacobsen | Costume Design
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George Hickenlooper | Producer
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Henny Bouwmeester | Editor