Sling Blade is a story about a partially handicapped man named Karl who is released from a mental hospital after 20 years for murdering his mother and another person.
Karl is often questioned if he will ever kill again, but he shrugs in response saying there is no reason to. Now out of the mental institution, Karl settles in his old, small hometown, occupying himself by fixing motors.
After meeting a young boy named Frank, who befriends him, Karl is invited to stay at Frank's house with his mother Linda, who views Karl as a strange but kind and generous man.
However, Linda's abusive boyfriend, Doyle, sees things differently in the way rules ought to be run- normally insulting Linda's homosexual friend Vaughan as well as Karl's disabilities, and having wild parties with his friends.
As Karl's relationship with Frank grows, he is watchful of Doyle's cruel actions.
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Sling Blade
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The One I Love
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Soul Dressing
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Plunger
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Darlin'
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Emmylou Harris:
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Darlin' (Bambi Lee Savage)
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Daniel Lanois:
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Omni (Daniel Lanois)
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Daniel Lanois:
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The Maker (Daniel Lanois)
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Daniel Lanois:
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Soul Dressing (Single Version) (Booker T. & The M.G.'s)
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Daniel Lanois:
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Darlin' (Bambi Lee Savage)
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