Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Genre: Drama Actors: Betty Lynn Hall, Bill Glasscock, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, Bruce Hampton, Christine Renee Ward, D.J. Royston, Dwight Yoakam, Gary Don Fletcher, Ian Moore, J.T. Walsh, Jackie Stewart, James Hampton, Jamie Stewart, Jim Jarmusch, John Ritter, Judy Pryor Trice, Kathy Sue Brown, Lacy Bailey, Lucas Black, Mickey Jones, Natalie Canerday, Raymond Lewallen, Rick Dial, Robert Duvall, Sarah Boss, Scott Stewart, Stacy Thomason, Tim Holder, Tom Kagy, Vic Chesnutt, Wendell Rafferty Directors: Billy Bob Thornton Production: Miramax, The Shooting Gallery
