Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record 9 of 9
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
film
FilmVideorecording

Title What's eating Gilbert Grape? / Paramount Pictures presents a Matalon Teper Ohlsson production, a Lasse Hallström film ; produced by Meir Teper, Bertil Ohlsson, David Matalon ; screenplay by Peter Hedges ; directed by Lasse Hallström.

Publication Info. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2006]

Item Status

Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Video  PN1995.9.F35 W4387 2006    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Special collector's ed.
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
mixed
Dolby digital 2.0
Dolby digital 5.1
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
System Details DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., NTSC.
Cast Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, John C. Reilly, Darlene Cates, Kevin Tighe, Crispin Glover.
Credits Director of photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Andrew Mondshein ; original music, Alan Parker, Björn Isfält ; production designer, Bernt Capra.
Note Based on the novel by Peter Hedges.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Audience MPAA rating: PG-13; for elements of mature subject matter.
Summary Gilbert lives in Endora, a place where nothing happens. Aside from a secret affair with a housewife, Gilbert spends his days stocking shelves at a grocery store, caring for his mentally handicapped brother, and holding together a large family headed by Mama, a former beauty queen whose weight tops 500 pounds. But just when Gilbert thinks nothing with ever change, a pretty stranger arrives on the scene, capturing Gilbert's heart and inspiring him to make a break.
Note Special features: Commentary by director Lasse Hallström and writer Peter Hedges; The characters of Gilbert Grape; The voice of Gilbert Grape; Why we love Gilbert Grape; Original theatrical trailer; Photo gallery.
Language In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject Hedges, Peter -- Film adaptations.
Families -- Drama.
Families.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Brothers -- Drama.
Brothers.
Teenagers with mental disabilities -- Drama.
Teenagers with mental disabilities.
Genre/Form Romantic comedy films.
Romantic comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Family -- Feature.
Romance fiction.
Feature.
Romance fiction.
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Hallström, Lasse, director.
Teper, Meir, producer.
Ohlsson, Bertil, producer.
Matalon, David, producer.
Hedges, Peter, screenwriter.
Depp, Johnny, actor.
Lewis, Juliette, actor.
Steenburgen, Mary, actor.
DiCaprio, Leonardo.
Reilly, John C., 1965-
Cates, Darlene, 1947-2017.
Tighe, Kevin, 1944-
Glover, Crispin.
Parker, Alan, 1944-2020.
Isfält, Björn.
Hedges, Peter. What's eating Gilbert Grape?
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
ISBN 1415718717
9781415718711
Standard No. 097360421248
Music No. 04212 Paramount Pictures