Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) finds work as a repairman and befriends a trusting boy who has his own troubled family life. Thornton wrote and directed. Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter.
Country-music star Dwight Yoakam co-wrote ... and two foster brothers (Vince Vaughn, Paul Reubens). Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Peter Fonda, Bud Cort, Michael Jeter.