Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Plot Summary

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".

Top Cast

Billy Bob Thornton Karl Childers

Molly Ringwald Teresa Tatum

J. T. Walsh Charles Bushman

Jefferson Mays Gerry Woolridge

Suzanne Cryer Frances