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.
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam
Doyle Hargraves
J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
John Ritter
Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black
Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday
Linda Wheatley
James Hampton
Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall
Karl's Father
Rick Dial
Bill Cox
Brent Briscoe
Scooter Hodges
Christine Renee Ward
Melinda
Sarah Boss
Marsha Dwiggins
Kathy Sue Brown
Theresa Evans
Wendell Rafferty
Melvin
Bruce Hampton
Morris
Vic Chesnutt
Terence
Mickey Jones
Monty Johnson
Ian Moore
Randy Horsefeathers
Judy Pryor Trice
Mrs. Woolridge
Scott Stewart
Bubba Woolridge
Betty Lynn Hall
Woolridge Daughter
Jim Jarmusch
Frostee Cream Boy
Gary Don Fletcher
Preacher
Tim Holder
Albert
Tom Kagy
Freddy
Stacy Thomason
Woodridge Secretary
Jackie Stewart
Walter
Jamie Stewart
Teenage Boy
D.J. Royston
Housekeeper
Lacy Bailey
Karen
Raymond Lewallen
Ticket Agent
Bill Glasscock
Old Man (voice)
Crew
Billy Bob Thornton
Director, Screenplay, Theatre Play
Hughes Winborne
Editor
Barry Markowitz
Director of Photography
Amber Ayub
First Assistant Director
W.M. Halle
First Assistant Director
Daron McAfee
Second Assistant Director
Todd Jameson Saettele
Second Assistant Director
Larry Meistrich
Executive Producer
David L. Bushell
Producer
Brandon Rosser
Producer
Clark Hunter
Production Design
Laura Seymann
Post Production Supervisor
Sarah Tackett
Casting
Doug Hall
Costume Design
Kate Biscoe
Key Hair Stylist
Tracy Warbin
Key Makeup Artist
Max Biscoe
Assistant Art Director
Daniel Lanois
Original Music Composer
Traci Kirshbaum
Set Decoration
Joe Arnold
Set Dresser
Sheryl Glubok
Assistant Location Manager
Dwayne Grady
Property Master
Carlton Rude
Assistant Property Master
Joe Cuzan
Swing
Robert Salerno
Production Manager
Jacob Alsbrook
Leadman
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