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What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) [PG-13]

Release Date:
December 17, 1993

Original Title:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Alternate Titles:
Buon compleanoo Gilbert Grape
Gilbert Grape
Gilbert Grape: Aprendiz de Sonhador
Hva er det med Gilbert Grape?
Що гнітить Гілберта Грейпа
什么吃掉了吉尔伯特·格雷普
恋恋情深

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  BR: 12  CA: PG  DE: 6  DK: 11  FI: K-12  FR: TP  GB: 12  IE: 12  KR: 12  NL: 6  PT: M/12  SE: 11  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 118

Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Art Direction:
John Myhre

Assistant Art Director:
Geoffrey S. Grimsman

Assistant Costume Designer:
Lucy W. Corrigan

Assistant Editor:
Jennifer Davidoff Cook

Boom Operator:
Kevin J. Ward

Camera Operator:
Kevin Jewison

Casting:
Gail Levin

Chief Lighting Technician:
Patrick Reddish

Costume Design:
Renee Ehrlich Kalfus

Costume Supervisor:
Kathy Kiatta

Director:
Lasse Hallström

Director of Photography:
Sven Nykvist

Dolly Grip:
Mike Moad

Editor:
Andrew Mondshein

Electrician:
Dwight Cary
Chris Reddish
Michael Palmer
Scott Conn
John Lacy

Executive Producer:
Lasse Hallström
Alan C. Blomquist

First Assistant Camera:
Jeff Cronenweth

First Assistant Director:
David B. Householter

Leadman:
David Brace

Lighting Technician:
John Vecchio

Location Manager:
Charles Harrington

Makeup Artist:
Patty York

Music Editor:
Joseph S. DeBeasi

Novel:
Peter Hedges

Original Music Composer:
Björn Isfält
Alan Parker

Producer:
David Matalon
Bertil Ohlsson
Meir Teper

Production Design:
Bernt Amadeus Capra

Property Master:
Robert Beck

Prosthetic Makeup Artist:
Rodd Matsui

Screenplay:
Peter Hedges

Script Supervisor:
Dianne Dreyer

Second Assistant Director:
Linda Brachman

Set Decoration:
Jarrell Jay Knowles
Gretchen Rau

Sound Mixer:
David Brownlow

Special Effects Coordinator:
Howard Jensen

Still Photographer:
Peter Iovino

Stunt Coordinator:
Rusty McClennon

Stunts:
Gary Price
Janet Brady

Supervising Sound Editor:
Michael Kirchberger

Transportation Coordinator:
Wayne Nelson

Unit Production Manager:
Richard J. Gelfand

Unit Publicist:
Mira Tweti

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