The nominees:
Michael Caine - The Cider House Rules as Dr. Wilbur Larch
Tom Cruise - Magnolia as Frank 'T.J.' Mackey
Michael Clarke Duncan - The Green Mile as John Coffey
Jude Law - The Talented Mr. Ripley as Dickie
1.Law
2.Caine
3.Cruise
4.Osment
5.Clarke Duncan
The Cider House Rules (1999) trailer
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Eventually Homer leaves and is invited by a young couple to do apple-picking on a farm owned by the girl’s parents. He lives and works with an all-black migrant crew and his innocence soon is lost as he learns about both the good and evil in the world, and that not all rules are steadfast. (That’s where the film’s title comes in.) He falls in love with the girl while her fiancee is serving as a bomber pilot during WWII. In the end he returns to the orphanage, having learned important lessons of life, love, responsibility and home.
Director Hallström says in the documentary he loves working with children, and the orphans are adorable without getting at all treacly. Dr. Larch, like some doctors at the time, is addicted to ether, and makes every effort to get Homer back to the orphanage—even to forging fake medical certifications for him. While a long film, it moves along and has a generally sunny nature, showing the beautiful Maine scenic wonders, although it does effectively get into some dark places. This is a classic collaboration of writer and filmmaker—Oscar-level work. The Blu-ray transfer looks terrific.
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The cider house rules, a screenplay |
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If it's purple, someone's gonna die, the power of color in visual storytelling The Cider House Rules 1999. Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Director of Photography Cinematography; ... |
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Maine's the one
"The Cider House Rules" (1999): Tobey Maguire stars as an orphan in a remote Maine town, with Michael Caine as the orphanage director. Caine won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role, and John Irving won one for best screenplay.
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The world according to John Irving “The situation for abortion rights [in the US] is worse today than it was when I wrote The Cider House Rules, the novel (1985), and worse than when I wrote the screenplay for that film (1999). The situation for gay rights is a little better than it |
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Michael Caine given freedom of London borough grew up and an example for all Southwark residents,” the politician said. Caine was knighted in 2000 for his services to drama. He has won two best supporting actor Oscars: in 1986 for “Hannah and Her Sisters” and in 1999 for “The Cider House Rules”. |
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Some musings on the nature of fleeting creativity In later years I read Irving's "The Cider House Rules," "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and others. I caught up on an Irving novel he was in the process of fine- tuning when I had the chance to interview him back in 2004. |
