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".
Top Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Molly Ringwald
Teresa Tatum
J. T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
Jefferson Mays
Gerry Woolridge
Suzanne Cryer
Frances
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Abby Abernathy
Brent Briscoe
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Otto Coelho
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Abe Dalool
Ron Livingston
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Aaron Wheeler
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Bill Boll
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Chester Dent
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Bill Sprague
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Joey Bilow
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Mark Gimbrere
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Michael Beugg
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Linda Beugg
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Trevor A. Tarr
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Mike Herman
Director
George Hickenlooper
Writers
Billy Bob Thornton
Status
Released
