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.
Production FilmColony; Miramax Films; Nina Saxon Film Design;
Cast Names Tobey Maguire; Charlize Theron; Delroy Lindo; Paul Rudd; Michael Caine; Jane Alexander; Kathy Baker; Erykah Badu; Kieran Culkin; Kate Nelligan; Heavy D; K. Todd Freeman; Paz de la Huerta; J.K. Simmons; Evan Parke; Jimmy Flynn; Lonnie Farmer; Erik Per Sullivan; Spencer Diamond; Sean Andrew; John Albano; Skye McCole Bartusiak; Clare Daly; Colin Irving; Annie Corley; Patrick Donnelly; Edie Schechter; Kasey Berry; Mary Bogue; Victoria Stankiewicz; Christine Stevens; Earle C. Batchelder; Norma Fine; John Irving; Eric Bruno Borgman; Kevin Chapman; John H. Tobin;
Box Office USD 57,536,361
Release Date 1999-10-21 (AFI Film Festival) 1999-12-10 (Los Angeles, California) 1999-12-10 (New York City, New York) 1999-12-17 (limited)
Genres Drama; Romance;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexuality, nudity,
substance abuse and some violence.