Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994) is a drama, thriller film directed by George Hickenlooper rated 6.7/10.

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".

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