Sling Blade was filmed over the course of 24 days on location in Benton, Arkansas, and was produced by David L. Bushell and Brandon Rosser. The film tells the story of a man named Karl Childers who has an intellectual disability and is released from a psychiatric hospital.
See also: Sling blade, Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, Lucas Black, Dwight Yoakam,