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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
1993 · Directed by Lasse Hallström · 118 min · Romance · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.
Crew
- Screenplay: Peter Hedges
- Cinematography: Sven Nykvist
- Edited by: Andrew Mondshein
- Music: Alan Parker, Björn Isfält
- Production design: Bernt Amadeus Capra
- Produced by: Bertil Ohlsson, David Matalon, Meir Teper
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Gilbert Grape
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Arnie Grape
- Juliette Lewis as Becky
- Mary Steenburgen as Betty Carver
- Darlene Cates as Momma
- Laura Harrington as Amy Grape
- Mary Kate Schellhardt as Ellen Grape
- Kevin Tighe as Mr. Carver
- John C. Reilly as Tucker Van Dyke
- Crispin Glover as Bobby McBurney
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, J&M Entertainment, Matalon Teper Ohlsson
- Budget: $11,000,000
- Box office: $10,000,000
- Themes: mentally disabled, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, widow, iowa, dysfunctional family, obesity, single mother, grocery store, mentally handicapped child
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