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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 26, 1994

Runtime

0h 25m

Genres

Drama, Thriller

User Score

67%

Original Title

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Director

George Hickenlooper

Description

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".