Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade 1994

Synopsis:

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".

Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Written by: Billy Bob Thornton
Release date: 1994-03-26
Runtime: 25 minutes
Cast:
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers 
Molly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald
Teresa Tatum 
J.T. Walsh
J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman 
Jefferson Mays
Jefferson Mays
Gerry Woolridge 
Suzanne Cryer
Suzanne Cryer
Frances 
Abby Abernathy
Abby Abernathy