What's Eating Gilbert Grape

...actor but he was so unknown, and I think that's often a wonderful place to be. I don't think Leonardo DiCaprio could do "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" today, but boy, when he did it that first time, he shocked us. I don't think we would buy...

In this article: Richard Kind, A Serious Man, Burn After Reading, Adam Arkin, and Coen brothers

...adapted from his 1991 novel of the same name. It was filmed in Manor, Texas. The film opens in the small town of Endora, Iowa, where Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is busy caring for his mentally handicapped brother, Arnie (Leonardo...

In this article: Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Academy Award, and Juliette Lewis

...of nascent teenage sexuality in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear. Her air of kooky independence and roles in such cult films as What's Eating Gilbert Grape (with Johnny Depp) Kalifornia (opposite Brad Pitt, briefly her partner), Natural Born...

In this article: Juliette Lewis, Ruffles, God, Juliette Lewis & the Licks, Janis Joplin, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Martin Scorsese, Kathryn Bigelow, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

...resonate with anyone who's ever had to fight for respect and independence. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)- In small-town Endora, young Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is the de facto household head, caring for his mentally handicapped...

In this article: Kate Winslet, Johnny Depp, J.M. Barrie, Ellen Barkin, Robert DeNiro, Titanic, and Academy Awards

...has starred in dozens of films, including the serial-killer road movie Kalifornia, with her ex-boyfriend Brad Pitt, and in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, playing another free spirit. Lewis, who was born in Hollywood in 1973, was so desperate...

In this article: Juliette Lewis, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Cape Fear, Whip It, The Baster, Drew Barrymore, Martin Scorsese, and Natural Born Killers

...course. Juliette's totally nice about it, though: Juliette Lewis has played a range of roles: From hometown girl in What's Eating Gilbert Grape opposite Johnny Depp to a brutal serial murder in Natural Born Killers - but she also takes...

In this article: Juliette Lewis, Brad Pitt, Drew Barrymore, Whip It, Natural Born Killers, IMDB, People Magazine, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Turner, and Johnny Depp

...AM EDT Juliette Lewis Photo by: National Photo Group Juliette Lewis has played a range of roles: From hometown girl in What's Eating Gilbert Grape opposite Johnny Depp to a brutal serial murder in Natural Born Killers - but she also takes...

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...more curious and attractive in the public's eyes. His subsequent movie roles in the likes of Cry Baby, Benny and June and What's Eating Gilbert Grape? reflected his aversion to fame and attention, but his personal life ensured that he was...

In this article: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Hollywood, Oscar, John Dillinger, Public Enemies, Mad Hatter, Disney, JP Donleavy, and Martin Scorsese

...improv group and the mime troupe, "The Baker's Dozen." He later went to the North Carolina School of the Arts. His novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title , which launched his film...

In this article: Peter Hedges, Dan in Real Life, Academy Award, Valley High School, North Carolina School of the Arts, Katie Holmes, Pieces of April, and West Des Moines, Iowa

...and is the funny, spiky, salty center of "Pieces of April," opening today. The directorial debut of writer Peter Hedges ("What's Eating Gilbert Grape?," "About a Boy") may nominally be about a young woman named April (Katie Holmes) struggling...

In this article: Pieces of April, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Hedges, Katie Holmes, Potato, Raccoon, and Turkey