25 minutes
3/26/1994
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".
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
Abby Abernathy
Brent Briscoe
Otto Coelho
Abe Dalool
Ron Livingston
Aaron Wheeler
Bill Boll
Chester Dent
Bill Sprague
Joey Bilow
Mark Gimbrere
Michael Beugg
Linda Beugg
Trevor A. Tarr
Mike Herman
Glennon Schneider
Kevin Hell
Doug Hart
Carlos Sanchez
Anthony Guneratne
Nikywa Prevost
Beth Ruggiero
Rosalie Barron
Dewitte Briggs
Jude Barron
Kevin Hudnell
Mark Sellors
Lincoln Schlei
Joel Milner
Brent J. Williams