Buon compleanno Mr. Grape

Titolo originale: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Regia: Lasse Hallström |
Anno: 1993
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Romance Dramma
Tag: mentally disabled | sibling relationship | based on novel or book | widow | iowa | dysfunctional family | obesity | single mother | grocery store | mentally handicapped child |
Cast: Johnny Depp | Juliette Lewis | Leonardo DiCaprio | Mary Steenburgen | Darlene Cates | Laura Harrington | Mary Kate Schellhardt | Kevin Tighe | John C. Reilly | Crispin Glover | Penelope Branning | Tim Green | Susan Loughran | Robert B. Hedges | Mark Jordan | Cameron Finley | Brady Coleman | Tim Simek | Nicholas Stojanovich | Libby Villari | Kay Bower | Joe Stevens | Mona Lee Fultz | George Haynes | Daniel Gullahorn | David H. Kramer | Brent Bratton | Kirk Hunter | Buck Reynolds | David Stanford |

Endora, una sperduta cittadina dell'Iowa, popolazione 1091 anime. Gilbert è un giovane uomo, poco più che un ragazzo. Ha una madre il cui peso, oltre 250 chili, sta lentamente distruggendo le fondamenta della casa. Non esce di casa da anni e vive mangiando, fumando e guardando la televisione in continuazione, tanto da essere diventata una sorta di mostruosa attrazione per i ragazzini che vengono a spiarla dalla finestra. Il fratello minore di Gilbert è handicappato. Incapace di badare a se stesso, ma capacissimo di mettersi nei guai, è sorvegliato e accudito amorevolmente da Gilbert. Un giorno arriva a Endora una sconosciuta che scatena una serie di eventi inaspettati.

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John C. Reilly and Crispin Glover both appeared together in 9 (2009), where Reilly played 5, and Glo [...] D
The cast includes two Oscar winners, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mary Steenburgen; and three Oscar nominee [...] D
The movie being watched when the news arrives about Mr. Carver is Stazione Termini (1953), which add [...] D
The house which served as the interior of the Grape residence was also the set of Roadie le strade d [...] D
Three actors from this film were in movies about Howard Hughes: Mary Steenburgen was in Melvin and H [...] D
Lasse Hallström admitted that a lot of himself is reflected in Gilbert Grape's character. D
Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis also starred together in Ritorno dal nulla (1995) in 1995. D
Darlene Cates's debut. D
Director Lasse Hallström picked Johnny Depp to play Gilbert Grape because of the way he can expre [...] D
Darlene Cates had not left her house in five years at the time of the film's release. Some of Bonnie [...] D
Johnny Depp and Crispin Glover also appeared in Dead Man (1995) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). D
John C. Reilly and Mary Steenburgen both appeared together in Fratellastri a 40 anni (2008) where Re [...] D
Darlene Cates was chosen for the part of Bonnie Grape after a casting director contacted the Sally J [...] D
Johnny Depp dared Leonardo DiCaprio to sniff a rancid pickled egg, and paid DiCaprio $500 when he di [...] D
The movie that the family watches on television is Stazione Termini (1953) starring Montgomery Clift [...] D
Leonardo DiCaprio and John C. Reilly also appeared together in Gangs of New York (2002) and The Avia [...] D
When getting into character, Leonardo DiCaprio remarked of it, "I had to really research to get into [...] D
Writer Peter Hedges based Bonnie on a woman he used to know when he was growing up in Iowa. D
Second film for Juliette Lewis in which she plays a southern girl living in a small southern town. T [...] D
In the opening monologue, Gilbert says that his youngest sister Ellen just turned fifteen, but then [...] D
The book What's Eating Gilbert Grape, the source material that inspired the film, had Gilbert's age [...] D
Leonardo DiCaprio chose to do this movie over Hocus Pocus (1993). D
During the scene where Darlene Cates (Momma) climbed the staircase, she climbed only the first two o [...] D
Leonardo DiCaprio really did not bathe during the period in filming when Arnie refused to go near wa [...] D
Leonardo DiCaprio created Arnie's trademark flicking his finger against his nose, describing it as a [...] D
Lasse Hallström picked Juliette Lewis on the basis of her authentic teenage performance in Cape F [...] D
Johnny Depp wanted to play Gilbert Grape as someone who seems constantly half asleep or half awake-- [...] D
Crispin Glover and Mary Steenburgen were in the Ritorno al futuro (1985) trilogy. Glover played Geor [...] D
Professional Wrestler, Rebecca Quin, mentioned that Buon compleanno Mr. Grape (1993) is her favorite [...] D
When Gilbert (Johnny Depp) is ringing up Mrs. Carver's (Mary Steenburgen) groceries after her husban [...] D
Leonardo DiCaprio said that playing Arnie Grape was "the most fun I've ever had." D
The picture on the Grapes' refrigerator of a young Bonnie Grape ("Momma") is a real-life picture of [...] D
Johnny Depp admitted that he got easily irritated by his co-star Leonardo DiCaprio during the filmin [...] D
Mary Steenburgen was the only person confident enough in Leonardo DiCaprio's performance that she wa [...] D
Martin Scorsese first became aware of Leonardo DiCaprio after seeing him in this film one night when [...] D
The song that the marching band plays and performed at the burger barn grand opening is "This Magic [...] D
Leonardo DiCaprio played the part of Arnie Grape so well that when he showed up for the film's premi [...] D
The Grape Family Truck is 1968 Ford F100. D
Johnny Depp felt bad about having to ridicule Darlene Cates' character, "Momma," and would often apo [...] D
Despite the fact that animal protection agents were on-set to monitor the well-being of the grasshop [...] D
This film marks the first Oscar nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio. It was also the film's sole nomina [...] D