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".
Movie Info
Release Date: 3/26/1994
Runtime: 25 min
Director: George Hickenlooper
Writers: Billy Bob Thornton
Top Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Molly Ringwald
Teresa Tatum
J. T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
Jefferson Mays
Gerry Woolridge
Suzanne Cryer
Frances
Brent Briscoe
Ron Livingston
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