Cinematic background from The Cider House Rules 1999 - Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?

The Cider House Rules

1999

Drama, Romance

Directors:
Lasse Hallström
Writers:
John Irving
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Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man standing in front of a movie projector; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A woman wearing a hat standing next to a tree; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man in a vest and a white dress shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man in a military uniform smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man standing in front of a tree with apples on it; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman sitting at a table in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – Charlize theron in a scene from the movie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man's face in a field; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A group of men sitting on top of a truck next to each other; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man standing in front of a white wall with a ladder; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A woman with blonde hair wearing a plaid coat; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man wearing a metal helmet is looking into the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man with a beard is looking into the distance; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man sitting in a chair holding an open book; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – Charlize theron in the movie young adult; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A doctor and a patient talking to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A young girl sitting in front of a plate of food; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A large house with a lot of snow on the ground; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person sitting down with his arms crossed; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A group of people sitting in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man with a stethoscope around his neck; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A woman standing on top of a grass covered hillside; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man standing in an apple tree with apples; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man in a military uniform looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man standing in front of a tree with apples in the background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman sitting next to each other on a park bench; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person wearing a shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A group of people standing around a car that has fallen off of it's roof; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A woman and a boy talking to each other outside; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man's face in front of an apple tree; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A black man in a vest and a white shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A black man in a vest and a brown vest looking to his left; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man with a beard is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A train traveling down train tracks next to snow covered trees; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person near an apple on a tree; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person looking up with trees in the background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman sitting in the drivers seat of a car; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man in a black vest looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person wearing a white shirt and red lipstick; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man looking up at an apple in a tree; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man with a beard is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person wearing a black jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man standing next to an apple tree; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man is laying in bed with a blanket over his body; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – Two people are standing on the train tracks near a train station; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man's face in a dimly - lit room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A young man looking at another young man in front of a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man standing in a room wearing a hat; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man standing in front of a group of people; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person wearing a sweater near a fence; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman talking to each other in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A young boy is looking into the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man wearing a white lab coat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man in a gray shirt and brown suspenders looks at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – Three horses are standing in a grassy field with trees in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man sitting in a chair with his eyes wide open; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A woman sitting in the back seat of a car at night; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A woman standing on a dock next to a body of water; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man holding a child on top of a wooden pole; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A group of people standing around boxes of apples; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man in a hat shaking hands with another man in a suit; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman wearing white medical clothing; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man laying on a bed reading a book; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older man and woman sitting on a bed looking at a piece of paper; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman sitting next to each other in front of a lamp; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man wearing an apron looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A young boy looking in the mirror of a bathroom; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman wearing white medical clothing; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An old truck parked in front of an old barn; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A young man in a white shirt is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man wearing a gold hat and a yellow jacket; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man sitting at a table writing on a piece of paper; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A young boy in a hat driving a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – Two women sitting next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man sitting at a table writing on a piece of paper; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman sitting next to each other on a bench; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – Charlize theron's head and shoulders; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person wearing a uniform; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A couple of people in the back of an old car; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man in a uniform talking to another man in a uniform; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A person wearing a military uniform; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man and a woman eating food together; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man sitting at a table with a cigarette in his mouth; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A woman laying in bed with her eyes closed; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A woman wrapped in a blanket sitting on the beach; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man with a surprised look on his face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man looking out of a window at night; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A young boy sitting in a chair looking up; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man sitting in front of another man in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – A man standing next to an apple tree; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Cider House Rules” (1999), directed by Lasse Hallström – An older black man looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle