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TITLE |
Cider House Rules, The (1999) |
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DISABILITY |
General VERY
MINOR |
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Set in New
England before and during World War II. |
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Michael
Caine plays Dr. Larch who runs an orphanage, is |
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addicted to
ether and does abortions on the side. He also |
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delivers the
babies of unwed mothers. |
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Tobey
Maguire plays Homer who grows up in the orphanage |
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and learns
under Dr. Larch's tutelage to deliver babies and do |
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abortions.
Uneasy about the latter he leaves the orphanage |
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with a young
couple, Wally and Candy, who visited Dr. Larch |
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He gets a
job picking apples and works and lives alongside |
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migrant
(Black) workers who all live together in dormitories |
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(just as he
had in the orphanage). |
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When Wally
goes off to the war he falls in love with Candy. |
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Under Dr.
Larch's care is a young boy with breathing |
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difficulties
who spends time under a special canopy. He dies |
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Notes
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