Information
- BFI identifier393854
- Date1993 (Copyright)
1994-05-06 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisStory of a dysfunctional family held together by the 500lb Mama Grape and her eldest son, Gilbert. Family life is threatened when Becky arrives in town and entices the reticent Gilbert into a romantic relationship. (Synopsis)
- Work historyIn Berlin Film Festival 1994. Budget reported as $13.5 million.
- Genre
- CreditsDirected by: Lasse Hallström
©: Paramount Pictures Corporation
A Matalon Teper Ohlsson production: David Matalon
view all - Cast
Title
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Original)
Gilbert Grape (Alternative)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/37E0-D447-2554-778C-BAAC-MCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Screenplay - revised 2nd draft - SCR-330
Script - SCR-331
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-393854
Unfilmable small press-sheet held.
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-772925
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-772926
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-6t4
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-mtp
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-mto
view all - ArticlesEmpire n207 September 2006 - DVD ReviewMetro Education n19 1999 - TranscriptTV Guide v46 n49 05 Dec 1998 - ReviewInterview v23 n12 December 1993 - Reviewview all
- Books
- +What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Work - 393854 - 1993 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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