The read
It runs a compact 25m.
Synopsis
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".
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
33 audience votes
Key crew
- George HickenlooperDirector
- Billy Bob ThorntonWriter
- Bill BollOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Billy Bob ThorntonKarl Childers
- Molly RingwaldTeresa Tatum
- J.T. WalshCharles Bushman
- Jefferson MaysGerry Woolridge
- Suzanne CryerFrances
- Abby AbernathyCast
- Brent BriscoeCast
- Otto CoelhoCast
- Abe DaloolCast
- Ron LivingstonCast
- Aaron WheelerCast
- Bill BollCast