film.
The Whole Wide World Starring
Vincent D'Onofrio and
Renne Zellwiger directed by
Dan Ireland-1996.
This is based on a nonfiction story about the writer, Robert E. Howard. (The man who wrote the original Conan series. It is a terrific movie about gifted, asocial people
Based on the book One who walks alone, by Novalyne Price Ellis.
If that name was not enough of a hint, the book, story and film are set in small town Texas.