Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who 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, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Genre: Drama Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, Bruce Hampton, Christine Renee Ward, Dwight Yoakam, Ian Moore, J.T. Walsh, James Hampton, Jim Jarmusch, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Mickey Jones, Natalie Canerday, Rick Dial, Robert Duvall, Tim Holder, Vic Chesnutt Directors: Billy Bob Thornton