Karl later visits his sickly father and tries to reconcile, but is rejected. Karl found the baby was still moving and buried him alive. His parents performed an abortion of his unwanted baby brother and made him dispose of the body. As they grow closer, Karl tells Frank that he is haunted by an incident that happened when he was six or eight years old. Karl becomes a role model to Frank, who misses his deceased father and despises Doyle. Vaughan tells Karl that he fears Doyle could hurt or kill Linda and Frank one day. Vaughan is concerned about Karl's history, but Linda asks him to move into her garage, angering her abusive and alcoholic boyfriend, Doyle. Frank introduces Karl to his mother, Linda, and her friend and boss, Vaughan. Karl befriends 12-year-old Frank Wheatley and shares details of his past, including the killings. He goes back to his hometown, where he finds work as a small engine mechanic. Karl wants to stay and pleads to, but is told that he has to leave. The state determines that Karl is no longer dangerous and releases him.
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As a passive person, he is often forced by serial rapist Charles to listen to stories of his criminal history as a convicted sexual predator. Karl spends his days just staring out the window and rubbing his hands together. When he realized his mother was a willing participant in the affair, Karl killed her as well. Karl believed his mother was being raped and killed the teen in defense of her. He has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 after murdering his mother and her teenage lover, who was also his tormentor, with a sling blade. Karl Childers is a developmentally disabled Arkansas man whose parents physically and mentally abused him when he was young. Sling Blade was filmed in 24 days, on location in Benton, Arkansas, produced by David L. The music for the soundtrack was provided by French Canadian artist/producer Daniel Lanois. It won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and Thornton was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Sling Blade became a sleeper hit, launching Thornton into stardom. The film was adapted by Thornton from his previous one-man show Swine Before Pearls, from which he also developed a screenplay for the 1994 short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, directed by George Hickenlooper.
Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, and Robert Duvall. Karl was released from a psychiatric hospital, where he had grown up due to having killed his mother and her lover when he was 12 years old. Set in Arkansas, it is the story of intellectually challenged Karl Childers, and the friendship he develops with a boy and his mother. Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars in the lead role.
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