SOME FOLKS CALL IT A SLING BLADE (1994)

Directed by: George Hickenlooper

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh

29 minutes

(NR - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

Karl Childers is an intellectually disabled man who has been in a mental hospital for the past 25 years for murdering his mother and her lover. On the day of his release, he is interviewed by a reporter, Theresa Tatum, who is writing an article with the intent of examining whether criminals judged to be insane should be released. Before the interview, Tatum is of the opinion that criminals like Childers should never be released. During the interview, however, Tatum must question her previous beliefs.