Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994, English. Directed by George Hickenlooper.
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".
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- 0h 25m
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- English
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- Released
- 26 March 1994
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Billy Bob Thornton
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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 March 1994. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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If you liked Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, try The Good Neighbor, Little Boy Blue, 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain.
Who directed Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade?
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994) was directed by George Hickenlooper and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh.