Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994 • 0h 25m • Drama, Thriller

6.7(33 votes)

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".

Director

George Hickenlooper

Writers

Billy Bob Thornton

Status

Released