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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Cast
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Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
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Teresa Tatum
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J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
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Jefferson Mays
Gerry Woolridge
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Suzanne Cryer
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Abby Abernathy
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George Hickenlooper Director · Billy Bob Thornton Writer Bill Boll Composer
United States release March 26, 1994 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 26, 1994
Theatrical
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