Talk:The Cider House Rules (film)

References to use

Please add to the list references that can be used for the film article.

• Arp, Robert (2009). "'I Give Them What They Want—Either an Orphan or an Abortion': The Cider House Rules and the Abortion Issue". In Shapshay, Sandra (ed.). Bioethics at the Movies. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 15–31. ISBN 0801890772.

Novel v. Film

Remolded the initial page so it focuses towards the novel The Cider House Rules, as opposed to the film. They're quite different (e.g., look up The War of the Worlds and see how many versions you get). Created this page for the film The Cider House Rules (film). Included some of the initial pro-life/anti-abortion arguments about the film in the controvery section. Kept it neutral. Poisonouslizzie September 30, 2005.

I'd like to suggest maybe recombining the two articles into one. And the moment there is verbatim duplication of text, which is not very healthy for wikipedia. Tristanb 09:01, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Ten Commandments

It seems to me that the "rules" were a ref to the 10 commandments. The charactors were commenting on the redundancies, "don't go up on the roof to read, don't go up to the roof to smoke". Similar to thou shall not covet they neighbor's wife,,,house, ect. Can anyone come up with a ref for this? I think it would be an interesting comment in the article, if it can be documented. Steve kap (talk) 05:36, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

There were only 5 or 6 Cider House rules. First, do not smoke in bed, second, don't run the grinder while drunk, the others refer to doing things on the roof. I think the 10 commandment theory doesn't work. Instead, the book seems to support the relativistic theory that if you can't even read the rules (and have to have someone else read them), and they are not your rules, you shouldn't have to follow tham. Perhaps by implication, some rules in life do not have to be followed, if the result is for the greater good. WonderWheeler (talk) 06:02, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I haven't seen the film for some time, but I would tend to disagree. I seem to remember the film discussing that the list of rules was old, and no one remembered where it came from. (Something like that.) The whole film (to me...) is about not necessarily being bound by arbitrary rules, and this literal list of rules immediately reminded me of the 10 commandments. Just because there were 6 instead of 10 doesn't rule it out. (We can agree to disagree, but that's how I saw it.) Kingsfold (talk) 11:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Controversy Section

This article contained a "controversy" section that made reference to a supposed "critic" John Prizer. I have deleted it. This critic is first and foremost not established, and more specifically not an established critic of American cinema. While this article may warrant a "controversy" section, it requires more reputable authors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Christonajetski (talk • contribs) 06:12, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Prayer at funeral

At Dr Larch's funeral towards the end of the film, a prayer is read, I think by one of the nurses. It contains the phrase "fever of life", or "the fever that is life". Where can I find the full text of that prayer? Thanks. 79.138.155.9 (talk) 20:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Rape attempt?

The "Plot" section says, "Later, when Arthur makes another attempt to rape his daughter, she stabs him..." I just watched the film last night, and don't remember the rape attempt being mentioned, but just the stabbing and Rose's departure. That may be what happened, but I don't think it should be mentioned here unless it's somehow mentioned or strongly implied in the movie. Or did I miss it? yes you missed it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.104.157.243 (talk) 13:36, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Neutral Point of View?

I am new to editing Wikipedia (constructively :P ) but I can't help but notice that some of the language seems to reflect the author's POV, which is apparently a no-no on Wikipedia. For example, "Homer offers to help as only a doctor can." What does he do exactly? Does he perform an abortion? Seems like quite the euphemism to me... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.84.216.182 (talk) 16:24, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

I am not sure what the wording is meant to say, but you are welcome to change it to something more neutrally described. Erik II (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 16:39, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

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