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".
Released: Mar 26, 1994
Runtime: 25 minutes
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh, Jefferson Mays, Suzanne Cryer, Abby Abernathy
Crew: George Hickenlooper (Director), Deborah Smith (Art Direction), Adam Lindemann (Producer), Matthew Jacobsen (Costume Design), George Hickenlooper (Producer), Henny Bouwmeester (Editor)