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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = What's Eating Gilbert Grape | image = What's Eating Gilbert Grape poster.png | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Lasse Hallström]] | producer = {{plainlist| * Bertil Ohlsson * David Matalon * [[Meir Teper]] }} | writer = | screenplay = [[Peter Hedges]] | based_on = {{Based on|''What's Eating Gilbert Grape''|Peter Hedges}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Johnny Depp]] * [[Juliette Lewis]] * [[Mary Steenburgen]] * [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] * [[Darlene Cates]] * [[John C. Reilly]] }} | music = [[Alan Parker (musician)|Alan Parker]]<br>[[Björn Isfält]] | cinematography = [[Sven Nykvist]] | editing = [[Andrew Mondshein]] | studio = Matalon Teper Ohlsson | distributor = {{Plainlist| *[[Paramount Pictures]] (United States) * [[Myriad Pictures|J&M Entertainment]] (International)<ref name=AFI/> }} | released = {{Film date|1993|12|17}} | runtime = 118 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $11 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1993/0WHTS.php|title=What's Eating Gilbert Grape - Box Office Data |website=The Numbers|access-date=2011-07-28}}</ref> | gross = $10 million (US)<ref name=mojo/> }} '''''What's Eating Gilbert Grape''''' is a 1993 American [[List of coming-of-age stories|coming-of-age]] [[drama]] film directed by [[Lasse Hallström]], and starring [[Johnny Depp]], [[Juliette Lewis]], [[Mary Steenburgen]], [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[John C. Reilly]] and [[Darlene Cates]]. It follows a grocery store clerk, living with his dysfunctional family including his [[morbidly obese]] mother, his [[Intellectual disability|mentally disabled]] younger brother and two sisters, in the fictional [[Rural area|rural]] town of Endora, [[Iowa]]. [[Peter Hedges]] wrote the screenplay, based on his 1991 novel of the same name. Filming took place from November 1992 to January 1993 in various parts of [[Texas]]. The film was well received, with Depp and DiCaprio's performances garnering critical acclaim. At age 19, DiCaprio received his first nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award]] for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, becoming the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actor in a Supporting Role|seventh-youngest]] Best Supporting Actor nominee for the former.
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