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".
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Molly Ringwald
Teresa Tatum
J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
Jefferson Mays
Gerry Woolridge
Suzanne Cryer
Frances
Abby Abernathy
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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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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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Crew
George Hickenlooper
Director, Editor, Producer
Billy Bob Thornton
Writer
Henny Bouwmeester
Editor
Kent L. Wakeford
Director of Photography
Bradford L. Schlei
Executive Producer
Kevin Hell
Executive Producer
Mike Herman
Executive Producer
Adam Lindemann
Producer
Kevin Hudnell
Producer
Michael Beugg
Co-Producer
Matthew Jacobsen
Costume Design
Elena Arroy
Makeup & Hair
Hila Amrani
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Bill Boll
Original Music Composer
Deborah Smith
Art Direction
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