Released:
1994-03-26

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".

Director:
George Hickenlooper

Runtime:
0h 25min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Billy Bob Thornton
  as
  Karl Childers
• 
  Molly Ringwald
  as
  Teresa Tatum
• 
  J.T. Walsh
  as
  Charles Bushman
• 
  Jefferson Mays
  as
  Gerry Woolridge
• 
  Suzanne Cryer
  as
  Frances