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A mentally handicapped man, recently released from prison for murdering his mother and her lover, makes friends with a boy. His newfound peace is threatened by the boy's mother's abusive boyfriend.
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Sling Blade is the story of Karl Childers (writer-director-star Thornton), a man who returns home after being released from a psychiatric hospital where he had been incarcerated since age 12 for murdering his mother and her lover. On the outside, Karl (though mentally handicapped) lands a job at a garage fixing motors and befriends a young boy. But can he outrun his past? Dwight Yoakam co-stars in Thornton's Oscar-winning tour de force.
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