What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993 film directed by Lasse Hallström
Movie film Q660894
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Summary

What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,918 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Lasse Hallström[3]
  • Screenwriter: Peter Hedges[4]
  • Composer: Alan Parker[5]
  • Genre: coming-of-age film[6], drama film[7], comedy film[8]
  • Based on: What's Eating Gilbert Grape[9]
  • Cast member: Johnny Depp[10], Juliette Lewis[11], Mary Steenburgen[12], Leonardo DiCaprio[13], John C. Reilly[14], Darlene Cates[15], Crispin Glover[16], Cameron Finley[17], Kevin Tighe[18], Laura Harrington[19], Mary Kate Schellhardt[20]
  • Producer: Lasse Hallström[21]
  • Production company: Paramount Pictures[22]
  • Director of photography: Sven Nykvist[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[25]
  • Review score: 7.4/10[26], 90%[27], 73/100[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: United States[30]
  • Publication date: December 17, 1993[31], April 28, 1994[32]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[33], Netflix[34]
  • Narrative location: Iowa[35]
  • Main subject: dysfunctional family[36]
  • Film editor: Andrew Mondshein[37]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[38]
  • Title: What's Eating Gilbert Grape[39]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[40]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[41]
  • Duration: 118 minutes[42]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 6[43]

Why It Matters

What's Eating Gilbert Grape has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . the-numbers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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