Sling Blade
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.
Drama
Miramax Films
Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers, Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves, J. T. Walsh as Charles Bushman, John Ritter as Vaughan Cunningham, Lucas Black as Frank Wheatley, Robert Duvall as Karl's Father, Natalie Canerday as Linda Wheatley, James Hampton as Jerry Woolridge, Christine Renee Ward as Melinda Brady, Jim Jarmusch as Frostee Cream Boy, Vic Chesnutt as Terence, Rick Dial as Bill Cox, Brent Briscoe as Scooter, Tim Holder as Albert, Bruce Hampton as Morris, Mickey Jones as Monty Johnson, Ian Moore as Randy Horsefeathers