What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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American film drama film film

"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" is a 1993 American drama film about a young man caring for his intellectually disabled brother and obese mother in a small Iowa town, noted for Leonardo DiCaprio's acclaimed early performance.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (novel) 0 2
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape 0 2
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993 film) 0 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film →
drama film →
film →
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture NERFINISHED →
awardNominationRecipient Leonardo DiCaprio →
basedOn What's Eating Gilbert Grape self-linksurface differs →
surface form: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (novel)
basedOnAuthor Peter Hedges →
cinematographyBy Sven Nykvist →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: United States
director Lasse Hallström →
distributor Paramount Pictures →
Paramount Pictures →
surface form: Paramount Pictures (United States theatrical)
editedBy Andrew Mondshein →
filmingLocation Texas →
genre drama →
hasJohnnyDeppRole Gilbert Grape →
hasLeonardoDiCaprioRole Arnie Grape →
mainCharacter Arnie Grape →
Becky →
Bonnie Grape →
Gilbert Grape →
MPAARating PG-13 →
musicBy Björn Isfält →
notableFor Leonardo DiCaprio's early acclaimed performance as Arnie Grape →
originalLanguage English →
plotSummary A young man in a small Iowa town struggles to care for his intellectually disabled brother and his obese mother while yearning for his own life. →
producer Bertil Ohlsson →
David Matalon →
Meir Teper →
productionCompany J&M Entertainment →
releaseDate 1993-12-17 →
releaseYear 1993 →
runtimeMinutes 118 →
screenwriter Peter Hedges →
settingLocation Endora, Iowa →
starring Crispin Glover →
Darlene Cates →
John C. Reilly →
Johnny Depp →
Juliette Lewis →
Leonardo DiCaprio →
Mary Steenburgen →
theme coming of age →
disability →
family responsibility →
small-town life →
timePeriodSetting contemporary early 1990s →

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arnie Grape → appearsIn → What's Eating Gilbert Grape →
Arnie Grape → appearsInWorkBasedOn → What's Eating Gilbert Grape →
this entity surface form: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (novel)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape → basedOn → What's Eating Gilbert Grape self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (novel)
Arnie Grape → firstAppearance → What's Eating Gilbert Grape →
this entity surface form: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993 film)
Johnny Depp → notableWork → What's Eating Gilbert Grape →
this entity surface form: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Juliette Lewis → notableWork → What's Eating Gilbert Grape →
this entity surface form: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Leonardo DiCaprio → notableWork → What's Eating Gilbert Grape →
Leonardo → notableWork → What's Eating Gilbert Grape →
subject surface form: Leonardo DiCaprio