<P> Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film set in rural Arkansas , written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton , who also stars in the lead role . It tells the story of a man named Karl Childers who has a developmental disability and is released from a psychiatric hospital , where he has lived since killing his mother and her lover when he was 12 years old , and the friendship he develops with a young boy and his mother . In addition to Thornton , it stars Dwight Yoakam , J.T. Walsh , John Ritter , Lucas Black , Natalie Canerday , James Hampton , and Robert Duvall . </P>
<P> Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film set in rural Arkansas , written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton , who also stars in the lead role . It tells the story of a man named Karl Childers who has a developmental disability and is released from a psychiatric hospital , where he has lived since killing his mother and her lover when he was 12 years old , and the friendship he develops with a young boy and his mother . In addition to Thornton , it stars Dwight Yoakam , J.T. Walsh , John Ritter , Lucas Black , Natalie Canerday , James Hampton , and Robert Duvall . </P>
where does the movie sling blade take place
where does the movie sling blade take place
rural Arkansas
rural Arkansas