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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".
Top 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
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