What's Eating Gilbert Grape
What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, and John C. Reilly. It follows a grocery store clerk, living with his dysfunctional family including his obese mother, his mentally disabled younger brother and two sisters, in the fictional rural town of Endora, Iowa.
Plot
In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert Grape is busy caring for Arnie, his mentally disabled younger brother who is about to turn 18. They are waiting on the side of the road to watch the flood of tourists' trailers pass through town during an annual Airstreamers' Club gathering at a nearby recreational area.
More details
| author | Peter Hedges |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Iowa |
| director | Lasse Hallström |
| editor | Andrew Mondshein |
| events | dysfunctional family |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | aquaphobia arrest belong birthday cake birthday party budding romance climb des moines disabled drive drown eat even first time foodland funeral pyre gather heart attack international harvester travelall laugh love married woman mentally disabled morning obesity old house police station rescue run run away seven years small town the international town wait young woman |
| musicBy | Alan Parker |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| producer | Bertil Ohlsson David Matalon Meir Teper |
| productionCompany | Matalon Teper Ohlsson |
| publisher | J&M Entertainment Paramount Pictures |