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Revision as of 20:52, 22 March 2003 by JohnOwens (talk | contribs) (getting rid of Word? encoding)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Cider House Rules is a novel by John Irving. It was made into a 1999 movie starring Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, and Delroy Lindo. It deals with, among other things, abortion, adoption, race, and apples.
John Irving wrote the sceenplay and won the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.
The title refers to the rules to be obeyed by apple-pickers living in the cider house. For years they have never even read, let alone observed the rules. When they are read out loud, their arbitrary and paternalistic nature offends the workers. They complain: "Somebody who don't live here made them rules. Them rules ain't for us. They think we're dumb niggers so we need dumb rules".