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67% Critic Match
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
6.7 / 10• 1994• 25m•NR• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Lead
Molly Ringwald
Teresa Tatum
J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
Jefferson Mays
Gerry Woolridge
Suzanne Cryer
Frances
AA
Abby Abernathy
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Brent Briscoe
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OC
Otto Coelho
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Hickenlooper's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
