SOME FOLKS CALL IT A SLING BLADE

Details

• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Documentary, Drama, Short, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: A disturbed man looks back at his past as he faces an uncertain future in this dramatic short subject. Teresa (Molly Ringwald), a young journalist, is sent on assignment to a state-run mental hospital, where she is to interview Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton), soon to be released after spending 25 years in the facility. While Jerry Woolrich (Jefferson Mays), the hospital's administrator, isn't sure that it's a good idea for Karl to be questioned by a young woman, he allows a compromise -- Teresa will be permitted to hear Karl tell the story of how he came to be committed, but she can't ask ..
• Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh, Jefferson Mays, Suzanne Cryer, Otto Coelho, Michael Beugg, Doug Hart, George Hickenlooper
• Director: George Hickenlooper
• Runtime: 0:25
• Company: Vanguard Cinema
• Media Format: Movie