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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Directed by Lasse Hallström
“Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.”
Romance, Drama · 1h 58m
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.
Cast
Johnny Depp
Gilbert Grape
Leonardo DiCaprio
Arnie Grape
Juliette Lewis
Becky
Mary Steenburgen
Betty Carver
Darlene Cates
Momma
Laura Harrington
Amy Grape
Mary Kate Schellhardt
Ellen Grape
Kevin Tighe
Mr. Carver
John C. Reilly
Tucker Van Dyke
Crispin Glover
Bobby McBurney
Penelope Branning
Becky's Grandma
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Tim Green
Mr. Lamson
Crew
- Director
- Lasse Hallström
- Screenplay
- Peter Hedges
- Novel
- Peter Hedges
- Director of Photography
- Sven Nykvist
- Original Music Composer
- Alan Parker, Björn Isfält
- Editor
- Andrew Mondshein
- Producer
- Bertil Ohlsson, David Matalon, Meir Teper
Details
- Release date
- 1993-12-17
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, J&M Entertainment, Matalon Teper Ohlsson
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Box office
- $10,000,000