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The Cider House Rules

Rating:PG-13 (for mature thematic elements, sexuality, nudity, substance abuse and some violence)
Genre:Drama
Release Date:December 10, 1999
Running time:130 minutes
Cast:Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd
Director:Lasse Hallstrom
Producer:Richard N. Gladstein
Writer:John Irving
Distributor:Miramax

Description: Based on the best-selling novel by John Irving, it's the story of Homer Wells, an child without parents raised and mentored by his orphanage's doctor, a man named Larch. He taught Homer everything about medicine and what he could about right and wrong, but he never gave him rules to live by. When he leaves to discover the world, he has more excitement than he could ever imagine, especially when he falls in love for the first time. But when forced to make decisions that will change the course of his future, he ultimately realizes that he can't escape his past.

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