THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
A Refocus Film Festival Selection
Acclaimed author John Irving joins us for a Saturday Showcase screening of The Cider House Rules, for which Irving won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay by adapting his own novel of the same name.
Adapted by John Irving from his own novel of the same title, the film follows the life of Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire), a precocious orphan who leaves his lifelong home and his loving tutor, Dr. Larch (Michael Caine) to explore the world. While Homer struggles to make a life for himself on his own, he must make monumental decisions that will change the course of his future and deeply affect the lives of those around him. In addition to Maguire and Caine (in an Academy Award-winning role) the dynamic cast includes Paul Rudd, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Erykah Badu, Kieran Culkin, Heavy D, and Paz de la Huerta.
John Irving is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and has been nominated for a National Book Award three times, winning in 1980 for The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for In One Person. Internationally renowned, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. A Prayer for Owen Meany is his best-selling novel, in every language.