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Studio:Miramax Films
Director:Lasse Hallstrom
Screenwriter:John Irving
Filming Locations:Bellows Falls, Vermont, USA
 Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
 Corea, Maine, USA
 Dummerston, Vermont, USA (orchard)
 Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
 Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
 Northhampton, Massachusetts, USA (state hospital and orphanage)
 Northfield, Massachusetts, USA (drive-in movie theatre)
 Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
Story:Based on the novel The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Producer:Alan C. Blomquist, Bobby Cohen, Richard N. Gladstein, Leslie Holleran, Michele Platt, Meryl Poster, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Lila Yacoub
Director of Photography:Oliver Stapleton
Editor:Lisa Zeno Churgin
Production:David Gropman
Music:Rachel Portman
Cast:Tobey Macquire (Homer Wells)
 Charlize Theron (Candy Kendall)
 Delroy Lindo (Mr. Arthur Rose)
 Erykah Badu (Rose Rose)
 Paul Rudd (Wally Worthington)
 Michael Caine (Dr. Wilbur Larch)
 Jane Alexander (Nurse Edna)
 Kathy Baker (Nurse Angela)
 Kieran Culkin (Buster)
Awards:Won, Oscar, 2000, best supporting actor (Caine)
 Won, Oscar, 2000, best writing based on material previously published (Irving)
 Nominated, Oscar, 2000, best art direction-set decoration (Gropman)
 Nominated, Oscar, 2000, best director (Hallstrom)
 Nominated, Oscar, 2000, best editing (Churgin)
 Nominated, Oscar, 2000, best music, original score (Portman)
 Nominated, Oscar, 2000, best picture (Gladstein)
 Nominated, Golden Globe, 2000, best supporting actor (Caine)
 Nominated, Golden Globe, 2000, best screenplay (Irving)
 Nominated, E Pluribus Unum, 2000, feature film
 Nominated, BAFTA, 2000, best supporting actor (Caine)
 Nominated, BFCA, 2000, best picture
 Nominated, CFCA, 2000, best original score (Portman)
 Won, Golden Satellite, 2000, best adapted screenplay (Irving)
 Nominated, Golden Satellite, 2000, best supporting actor, drama (Caine)
 Nominated, Golden Satellite, 2000, best supporting actress, drama (Badu)
 Nominated, Golden Satellite, 2000, best supporting actress, drama (Theron)
 Nominated, Grammy, 2001, best motion picture score soundtrack (Portman)
 Nominated, Sierra, 2000, best supporting actor (Lindo)
 Won, NBR, 1999, best screenplay (Irving)
 Won, SAG, 2000, best supporting actor (Caine)
 Nominated, SAG, 2000, outstanding cast performance, theatrical motion picture
 Nominated, WGA Screen Award, 2000, best screenplay based on material previously published (Irving)
 Won, Black Reel, 2000, best supporting actress (Badu)
 Nominated, Black Reel, 2000, best supporting actor (Lindo)
 Nominated, Bodil, 2001, best American film (Hallstrom)
 Nominated, Critics Choice, 2000, best picture
 Nominated, Empire Award, 2001, best British actor (Caine)
 Nominated, Golden Reel, 2001, best sound editing
 Nominated, PGA Awards, Motion Picture Producer of the Year, 2000 (Gladstein)
 Won, Sant Jordi Awards, Audience Award, best foreign film, 2000 (Hallstrom)
 Nominated, Teen Choice Award, 2000, choice actor (Maguire)
 Nominated, Teen Choice Award, 2000, choice actress (Theron)
 Nominated, USC Scripter Award, 2000 (Irving)
 Nominated, Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion, 1999 (Hallstrom)
 Color, 126 minutes.