Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Name: Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Director: George Hickenlooper
Released: 1994-2-26
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J. T. Walsh, Jefferson Mays, Suzanne Cryer

Movie

Title	Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
User score	6.7
Release date	Mar 26, 1994
Genre	Drama, Thriller
Director	George Hickenlooper
Production country	US
Run time	25 min.

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".