02/23/2021. Shelved in the "Movie Classics" collection. Adapted from the one-man show "Swine Before Pearls" by Billy Bob Thornton. From the show, Thornton developed a screenplay for the short film "Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade.". Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday and Robert Duvall.
Summary:
Twenty five years after commiting an unthinkable crime, a quiet man named Karl finally returns home. Once there, he's befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother. But when his newfound peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend, Karl is suddenly placed on a collision course with his past.
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