Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

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1994
0h 25m
6.6(31 votes)
Drama
Thriller

Overview

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".

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35 members
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Billy Bob Thornton

Karl Childers

Billy Bob Thornton
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Molly Ringwald

Teresa Tatum

Molly Ringwald
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J. T. Walsh

Charles Bushman

J. T. Walsh
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Jefferson Mays

Gerry Woolridge

Jefferson Mays
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Suzanne Cryer

Frances

Suzanne Cryer
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Abby Abernathy

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Brent Briscoe

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Brent Briscoe
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Otto Coelho

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Abe Dalool

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Ron Livingston

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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

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Glennon Schneider

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Kevin Hell

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Doug Hart

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Carlos Sanchez

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Anthony Guneratne

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Nikywa Prevost

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Beth Ruggiero

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Rosalie Barron

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Dewitte Briggs

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Jude Barron

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Kevin Hudnell

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Mark Sellors

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Lincoln Schlei

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Joel Milner

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Brent J. Williams

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