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• Title:What's eating Gilbert Grape? [videorecording] / 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.
  
• Edition:Special collector's ed.
  
• Publisher:Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2006]
  
• Description:1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  
• Language:In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
  
• Notes:Based on the novel by Peter Hedges.
  Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
  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.
  Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, John C. Reilly, Darlene Cates, Kevin Tighe, Crispin Glover.
  Director of photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Andrew Mondshein ; original music, Alan Parker, Björn Isfält ; production designer, Bernt Capra.
  DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., NTSC.
  
• 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.
  
• Subjects:Hedges, Peter--Film and video adaptations.
  Families--Drama.
  Brothers--Drama.
  Teenagers with mental disabilities--Drama.
  
• Genre(s):Romantic comedy films.
  Film adaptations.
  Fiction films.
  Feature films.
  Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
  
• Other Name(s):Hallström, Lasse.
  Teper, Meir.
  Ohlsson, Bertil.
  Matalon, David.
  Hedges, Peter.
  Depp, Johnny.
  Lewis, Juliette.
  Steenburgen, Mary.
  Parker, Alan, 1944-
  Isfält, Björn.
  Hedges, Peter. What's eating Gilbert Grape?
  Paramount Pictures Corporation.
  
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  Holdings Record Display

  Location:Media DVD
  
    Temporarily shelved at Media Circulation/Reserves Desk
  
  Call Number: PN1997 .W441 2006
  
  Status:Available