Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
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Johnny Depp
Gilbert Grape
Leonardo DiCaprio
Arnie Grape
Juliette Lewis
Becky
Mary Steenburgen
Betty Carver
Darlene Cates
Momma
Laura Harrington
Amy Grape
Mary Kate Schellhardt
Ellen Grape
Kevin Tighe
Mr. Carver
John C. Reilly
Tucker Van Dyke
Crispin Glover
Bobby McBurney
Penelope Branning
Becky's Grandma
Tim Green
Mr. Lamson
Susan Loughran
Mrs. Lamson
Robert B. Hedges
Minister
Mark Jordan
Todd Carver
Lasse Hallström
Director, Executive Producer
Peter Hedges
Screenplay, Novel
Alan C. Blomquist
Executive Producer
Meir Teper
Producer
Bertil Ohlsson
Producer
David Matalon
Producer
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Alan Parker
Original Music Composer
Björn Isfält
Original Music Composer
Andrew Mondshein
Editor
Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
Costume Design
Bernt Amadeus Capra
Production Design
