"Rain Man" (1988)

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Rain Man (1988)

United Artists, Star Partners II, Ltd., Barris Industries, Guber-Peters Company

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; as they travel cross-country their relationship is formed.

"Rain Man" is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass. It tells the story of an abrasive, selfish young wheeler-dealer Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant, of whose existence Charlie was unaware. Charlie is left with only his father's car and collection of rose bushes. In addition to the two leads, Valeria Golino stars as Charlie's girlfriend, Susanna.

Morrow created the character of Raymond after meeting Kim Peek, a real-life savant; his characterization was based on both Peek and Bill Sackter, a good friend of Morrow who was the subject of "Bill", an earlier film that Morrow wrote.

Genre': Drama
Release date: December 16, 1988

Director: Barry Levinson

Produced by: Mark Johnson
Screenplay by: Barry Morrow, Ronald Bass
Story by: Barry Morrow
Music by: Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: John Seale
Edited by: Stu Linder

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock, Michael D. Roberts, Ralph Seymour, Lucinda Jenney, Bonnie Hunt

Distributed by: MGM/UA Communications Company

Awards

Academy Awards (1989 / 61st):
  • Best Picture
  • Best Director
  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Golden Globe Awards (1989)
  • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Overall: 26 wins and 22 nominations

 Photo camera Credit 
* © 1988 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.

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1988