Books & Authors - October 2006

2006-10-16 07:41:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE?
“What’s eating Gilbert Grape?” is a 1993 drama directed and produced by Lasse Hallström. The movie was filmed in Manor, Texas. It is based on a novel written by Peter Hedges. The main characters are Johnny Depp( Gilbert Grape), Leonardo DiCaprio( Arnie Grape) and Juliette Lewis( Becky). The running time of the movie is 117 minutes. "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" is rated PG-13 because it includes mild profanity and sexual situations.
The movie is about Gilbert Grape’s life in the small town of Endora, Iowa. He lives with his obese 500-pound mother, Bonnie, his sister and his little mentally handicapped brother, Arnie. Bonnie has not left the house since her husband committed suicide seven years ago. Since then she has spent almost all of her time on the couch watching TV and she is unable to care for her children on her own. As a result of this Gilbert has taken responsibility for repairing their old house, looking after Armie, who likes to climb up the twn water tower and earn all the money the family needs to survive.
Gilbert himself works in a small, outdated grocery store which has competition from a new, bigger, modern supermarket. To keep the few customers the store still has he makes “special deliveries” to one of the female customers, Mrs. Bette Carver.
Everything in Endora bores him a little until he meets Becky. She is a young and adventurous woman who became stuck in town with her mother when their mobile home broke down. They start an affair that is threatened by his unusal and chaotic home life. “What’s eating Gilbert Grape?”is also about how Arnie and Bonnie’s various problems finally bring Gilbert to the brink of change.
Firstly I enjoyed the movie because of the good acting, especially LeonardoDiCaprio who really played his part well. Although it was funny, it also have a deeper meaning and many heartfelt moments. “What’s eating Gilbert Grape?” is not your average American movie and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who would like to see a movie that inspires reflection and self-evaluation.

2006-10-16 07:20:00 · 3 answers · asked by marienchenkäfer 2

Seriously. This will probably cause some backlash, but I find Stephen King's writing predictable and boring. I have read several of his books, but I don't understand the obsession with his novels. I can always tell exactly what's going to happen 20 pages in and I hate that. Anyone care to enlighten me?

2006-10-16 07:08:10 · 15 answers · asked by artist2213 2

I'm not sure if it refers to a genre, or if it's an adjective, but it seems to bandied about a bit. Am I just the last to know what this particular buzz-word means?

2006-10-16 06:47:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are so many of the books that were required reading when i was young banned now? I know, they may not be politically correct, but hey, that is the beauty of books, they say how things are, not how we pretend they are. Why do ultraconservative fanatics always have to get involved? Why do they want our children to see Mark Twain as an evil man and never read Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer? Do they want us to have a Nazi Book Burning day? Thoughts on this?

2006-10-16 06:44:46 · 11 answers · asked by Jon C 6

2006-10-16 06:28:17 · 3 answers · asked by Zach M 2

I love to read and it's great to read books that put you in the mood for a Holiday. In this case, I'd like to find a good book that's scary and would really get me in the Halloween *Spirit*. hehe

2006-10-16 06:25:08 · 12 answers · asked by DubbaD 1

Jane Austen,Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, ect..

2006-10-16 06:02:04 · 19 answers · asked by Lia 1

2006-10-16 05:57:14 · 2 answers · asked by nina 1

I Love The Taking, 1st book i've read from him.

2006-10-16 05:45:11 · 5 answers · asked by SwoonWorthy 6

A little back story for you....I met an amazing girl on Friday who is German and an aspiring author. We spoke about German literature and she mentioned that a book she loves 'perfume by Patrick Suskind' has been made into a film but she has not seen it yet. We agreed that if we can find where it is on we will go and see it together. A bit of internet research and I discovered it the film has been directed by Tom Tykwer.

I really need to find a cinema that is showing this or a place I can buy the DVD. Preferably in the London are - although we can travel.

Please help a hopeless romantic......

2006-10-16 05:32:10 · 3 answers · asked by ALEX L 2

I dropped my paperback copy the other day and its pages, the book being rather old, went everywhere. On attempting to re-assemble the afore mentioned book, I discovered that it makes just as much sense which ever order you read them in.

In less than 100 words discuss.

SO LONG for now AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH

P.S. This is not a theology question.

2006-10-16 05:00:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2006-10-16 04:58:46 · 11 answers · asked by orangecrate 2

I write a lot of poems and have been told to look at getting them published inside greeting cards, how can I go about doing this?

2006-10-16 04:50:28 · 11 answers · asked by lozza 1

I have to interview an author for a class assignment but I'm clueless on how to find someone and conduct the interview, can anyone please tell me how to find an author that I could interview?

2006-10-16 04:46:36 · 3 answers · asked by Saerwen of Lothlorien 1

2006-10-16 04:45:26 · 6 answers · asked by sandy 3

My partner is a 'Book-worm' and loves reading, he reads around 3-4 paper backs a week, he is unhappy in his job & needs to find his vocation in life and I think he niche is in reading, whether it be a critic or proof reading....Do you need qulifications and if so what?? Any light anyone could shed on this would be fantastic!! Many thanks in advance xx

2006-10-16 04:41:16 · 4 answers · asked by Jenney H 1

2006-10-16 04:31:39 · 3 answers · asked by Mithunda 1

It's an anymous poem, I know for sure. It's basically like Rudyard Kipling's "If", but for girls. We used to have a copy of it, but I kind of... Lost it. Just about all I remember of it is: "If you can dress to make yourself attractive, but not make puffs and curls your chief delight; If you can swim and row, be strong and active, but of the gentler graces lose not sight..."
Any idea where I can find this?

2006-10-16 04:22:57 · 2 answers · asked by isayssoccer 4

I like horror, true stories and comedies

2006-10-16 03:55:17 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2006-10-16 03:52:35 · 2 answers · asked by bige855 1

2006-10-16 02:51:28 · 23 answers · asked by Metaphysics_of _Presence 1

I think it's by Jostein Gaarder?? What were your opinions?

2006-10-16 02:12:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Give me some feedback on what you think....I am considering writing a book about the following....my husband has 2 kids that he has been fighting with the mother's to get standard father's rights to for over a year. The Florida court system is definitely not geared towards fathers, especially if they are trying to do the right thing. I would like to write a book about his battle with this....does it sound interesting, do you think people would read? I am aware this will take time but I need to see if it has merit. Thanks.

2006-10-16 01:55:43 · 5 answers · asked by Lori W 2

I'd like to download it from somewhere? Can anyone help?

2006-10-16 01:49:58 · 3 answers · asked by ntsy2bm 2

Does anyone know if there is an ebook version of this, and where can I download it from?

2006-10-16 01:48:11 · 7 answers · asked by ntsy2bm 2

2006-10-16 01:25:28 · 12 answers · asked by Sandra S 1

2006-10-16 01:04:50 · 19 answers · asked by jithu c 1

it is specially to those animals who think man is their only enemy

2006-10-16 00:04:57 · 4 answers · asked by ory 2

2006-10-15 23:53:32 · 8 answers · asked by kamal p 1