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Rain Man (1988) 8.0
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Metascore: 65/100
Reviews: 274 user | 88 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Director:Barry Levinson |
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Cast
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| Tom Cruise | ... | ||
| Valeria Golino | ... | ||
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Dr. Bruner
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| Lucinda Jenney | ... | ||
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John-Michael Dougherty | ... | |
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Charles Sanford "Charlie" Babbit is a self-centered Los Angeles-based automobile dealer/hustler/bookie who is at war with his own life. Charlie, as a young teenager, used his father's 1948 Buick convertible without permission and as a result, he went to jail for two days on account that his father reported it stolen. It is then that Charlie learns that his estranged father died and left him from his last will and testament a huge bed of roses and the car while the remainder will of $3 Million goes into a trust fund to be distributed to someone. Charlie seemed pretty angry by this and decides to look into this matter. It seems as if that "someone" is Raymond, Charlie's unknown brother, an autistic savant who lives in a world of his own, resides at the Walbrook Institute. Charlie then kidnaps Raymond and decides to take him on a lust for life trip to the west coast as a threat to get the $3 Million inheritance. Raymond's acts and nagging, including repeated talks of "Abbott & Costello",... Written by Christopher Howell (Ckhowell75360@aol.com)
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Country:
USARelease Date:
16 December 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cuando dos hermanos se encuentran See more »Filming Locations:
Caesars Palace - 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$172,825,435 (USA)Company Credits
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Charlie: [on telephone] Now it's five and a half weeks and I'm still sitting on four Lamborghinis that can't meet spot emissions standards. Now, how many times you wash out with EPA?
Lenny: [on a separate line] Uh, yes sir, they're finally, uh, clearing EPA; uh, just one or two more days.
Charlie: Three times? You're really on a roll here, my friend; four cars, three times each - that's zip for twelve. What are you, a... mechanic, or a NASA engineer? Now listen, now, I told you I've never dealt with these ...
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Written by Jocko Marcellino
Performed by Jocko Marcellino
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Warner Brothers had, at one point, the opportunity to make both "Rain Man" and Forrest Gump but ended up with neither because of concerns they were too similar. Peter Guber and Jon Peters' production company, which had picked up the script for "Rain Man", had a first look deal with the studio. However, Roger Birnbaum, an executive with the production company, felt that because Warner Brothers was also developing "Forrest Gump", they would likely let "Rain Man" die if they were to pick it up, because of the script's perceived similarity. So, reportedly, he purposely gave a weak pitch to the studio in the hopes that they would reject it and allow it to be pitched to another studio. This did in fact occur and United Artists ended up making the film. After the movie's enormous success, Warner Brothers decided to pass on "Forrest Gump" because they felt that audiences would be unlikely to go to a movie with such a similar theme as "Rain Man". "Forrest Gump," which most people would consider to be an entirely different type of film than "Rain Man", ended up being made by Paramount and became one of the most successful movies of all time, grossing almost $330,000,000 in U.S. theaters. See more »Goofs
WOXY, "97X, Bam! The Future of Rock and Roll," was a small, independent radio station located in Oxford, Ohio, about 30 miles north of Cincinnati. Clear reception would have been practically impossible on the Southeast side of Downtown. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Charlie: [on telephone] Now it's five and a half weeks and I'm still sitting on four Lamborghinis that can't meet spot emissions standards. Now, how many times you wash out with EPA?
Lenny: [on a separate line] Uh, yes sir, they're finally, uh, clearing EPA; uh, just one or two more days.
Charlie: Three times? You're really on a roll here, my friend; four cars, three times each - that's zip for twelve. What are you, a... mechanic, or a NASA engineer? Now listen, now, I told you I've never dealt with these ...
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Crazy Credits
Throughout the movie, Raymond is taking pictures. The pictures that he takes are shown as the background for the credits. See more »Soundtracks
"Lovin' Ain't So Hard"Written by Jocko Marcellino
Performed by Jocko Marcellino
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I have seen this movie probably 7 or 8 times in the past three years, wrote a paper about it for my college film class last semester, and basically regard it as my favorite movie of all time. Where to begin with the praise for this movie? Let's start with the acting. Dustin Hoffman is my favorite actor, and has been for a while. I'd watch him in any role. I was amazed at the way he was able to pull off this role. I've never seen a more deserved Oscar win. The vacant stare, the monotone voice, the screaming, it was unbelievable. Each time I watch it I am floored by his talent. Tom Cruise is also good, the villain of the story who undergoes such a subtle change that it's almost not visible until nearly the end. He is, however, perfectly suited for the flashy, egotistical character of Charlie, and I think he did a great job. The directing was unobtrusive and beautiful, for the most part just letting the action unfold, which is exactly the way it should have been done. It's a feel-good movie that does that and more, and I think nothing I've seen in the movies is as touching as the scene in the motel where Charlie discovers who "Rain Man" really is. I give this movie a 9.5 out of 10. Absolutely wonderful.