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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
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Release Date:
25 December 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
Arnie knows a secret. His big brother Gilbert is the greatest person on the planet. more
Plot:
Gilbert has care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life. full summary | add synopsis
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Grocery Store
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Hydrophobia
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Beating
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Iowa
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Quirky
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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1 nomination
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(15 articles)
tMF Talkback: Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Two awesome actors in similar mode?
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tMF Talkback: Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Two awesome actors in similar mode?
(From The Movie Fanatic. 5 October 2009, 9:05 PM, PDT)
(From The Movie Fanatic. 5 October 2009, 9:05 PM, PDT)
tMF Talkback: Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Two awesome actors in similar mode?
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Leo as Arnie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Johnny Depp | ... | Gilbert Grape |
 | Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | Arnie Grape |
 | Juliette Lewis | ... | Becky |
 | Mary Steenburgen | ... | Betty Carver |
 | Darlene Cates | ... | Bonnie Grape |
| Laura Harrington | ... | Amy Grape |
 | Mary Kate Schellhardt | ... | Ellen Grape |
| Kevin Tighe | ... | Ken Carver |
 | John C. Reilly | ... | Tucker Van Dyke |
 | Crispin Glover | ... | Bobby McBurney |
| Penelope Branning | ... | Becky's Grandma |
 | Tim Green | ... | Mr. Lamson |
| Susan Loughran | ... | Mrs. Lamson |
| Robert B. Hedges | ... | Minister |
| Mark Jordan | ... | Todd Carver |
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Rated PG-13 for elements of mature subject matter.
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118 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #32522) |
Iceland:L |
France:Unrated |
South Korea:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Canada:PG |
Finland:K-10 |
Germany:6 (f) |
Netherlands:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
UK:12
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The picture of Mrs. Grape as a young woman is a real life picture of Darlene Cates as a young woman.
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Continuity: When Gilbert and Becky load her groceries in the rain they load them in the back of the truck under a tarp on the passenger side. When they arrive at the campsite they unload them from the driver's side.
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Featured in "I Love the '90s: Part Deux" (2005)
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If I didn't know better, I would bet Leonardo was really retarded. He was almost too good, too scary good, to win the lousy Oscar. Everyone else is memorable, but I will never forget Leo's perf in this as long as I live. He has my utmost respect as an actor of unlimited talent. By the way, I consider myself a Leo fan, even though I am not a 14-year-old girl, but a middle-aged man.