Search - Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 03/19/2002 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 18 mins Studio: Vanguard Cinema Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Psychological Drama, Prison Film

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 him questions. Teresa is then ushered into a dimly lit room, where Karl relates the harrowing tale of his miserable childhood and how, at the age of 13, he killed his mother and her lover with a kaiser blade. Star and screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton and director George Hickenlooper originally produced this short film in hopes of expanding the story into a full-length feature; the award-winning Sling Blade followed three years later, but by that time, Thornton had opted to direct the film himself. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Billy Bob Thornton - Karl Childers
Molly Ringwald - Teresa
J.T. Walsh

George Hickenlooper's Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade is the short film that Billy Bob Thornton adapted into Sling Blade. The first film comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed captions on this release. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Hickenlooper, a making-of documentary, and behind-the-scenes footage. Trailers for other films made by the director round out this solid package from Vanguard. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide