Drama ·Thriller · United States of America · 1994 · 25m

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Director

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers Molly Ringwald as Teresa Tatum J.T. Walsh as Charles Bushman Jefferson Mays as Gerry Woolridge Suzanne Cryer as Frances Abby Abernathy as

Crew

Kent L. Wakeford — Director of Photography Henny Bouwmeester — Editor George Hickenlooper — Editor Bill Boll — Original Music Composer Billy Bob Thornton — Writer Kevin Hudnell — Producer

Synopsis

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".

Key Collaborators

George Hickenlooper Director Kent L. Wakeford Director of Photography Henny Bouwmeester Editor George Hickenlooper Editor Bill Boll Original Music Composer Billy Bob Thornton Writer Kevin Hudnell Producer George Hickenlooper Producer Adam Lindemann Producer Matthew Jacobsen Costume Design

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