The fart joke could very well be the pinnacle of human humor, reliably delivering laughs across generations. Its sheer brilliance was proven in a scene from Rain Man that the Academy itself couldn’t resist bestowing an Oscar upon it.
Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man (1988) | United Artists-MGM
While the scene undoubtedly tickled the public’s funny bone, the internal turmoil that Tom Cruise, a man who routinely dances with death went through that very moment when Dustin Hoffman let one rip is something that haunts the actor to this very day!
One Stunt from Rain Man That Still Haunts Tom Cruise to This Day
Tom Cruise, in his career, has tackled quite some life-threatening stunts imaginable, showing little to no fear as he defied gravity, danger, and well, sometimes reality. However, one memorable scene left him genuinely rattled. In the iconic Rain Man moment, as the two characters bond,...
Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man (1988) | United Artists-MGM
While the scene undoubtedly tickled the public’s funny bone, the internal turmoil that Tom Cruise, a man who routinely dances with death went through that very moment when Dustin Hoffman let one rip is something that haunts the actor to this very day!
One Stunt from Rain Man That Still Haunts Tom Cruise to This Day
Tom Cruise, in his career, has tackled quite some life-threatening stunts imaginable, showing little to no fear as he defied gravity, danger, and well, sometimes reality. However, one memorable scene left him genuinely rattled. In the iconic Rain Man moment, as the two characters bond,...
- 8/5/2024
- by Sampurna Banerjee
- FandomWire
Many people think Tom Cruise dancing around in his underwear to Bob Seger in Risky Business is his most iconic scene. To others, it’s him saying he feels the need for speed in Top Gun or infiltrating the vault in Mission: Impossible. Or “I want the truth!” Or “show me the money!” But, to me, one of the scenes that best sums up Tom Cruise as one of the coolest movie stars ever is his entrance in Barry Levinson’s Rain Man. We see the smog-filled backdrop of Los Angeles as a Lamborghini flies across the screen. We see it’s being transported to a car lot where Tom Cruise’s Charlie Babbit, one of the most iconic eighties yuppies, inspects the car while The Belle Stars cover of “Iko Iko” fills the soundtrack. It’s a memorable moment that was so potent composer Hans Zimmer, when he reteamed...
- 5/7/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
When Rain Man was released in 1988, the film immediately received praise from the public and from critics, going on to gross more than any other film that year. Even those who never watched the movie inevitably learned something new. Some were intrigued by Dustin Hoffman’s character’s ability to count cards in blackjack. Others wanted to learn more about the life of savants.
Thirty years after the film’s release, some critics have looked back at Rain Man, written by Barry Morrow, and wondered if the film’s initial praise was too kind. Once again, some focused on the film’s treatment of Hoffman’s character, named Raymond, who is an autistic savant. They wondered if the character helped shed light on the condition or misrepresented autism.
However, most of Rain Man’s misgivings relate to the world of card counting. In the film, Raymond can count cards on...
Thirty years after the film’s release, some critics have looked back at Rain Man, written by Barry Morrow, and wondered if the film’s initial praise was too kind. Once again, some focused on the film’s treatment of Hoffman’s character, named Raymond, who is an autistic savant. They wondered if the character helped shed light on the condition or misrepresented autism.
However, most of Rain Man’s misgivings relate to the world of card counting. In the film, Raymond can count cards on...
- 8/6/2021
- by Michael Walsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
(Courtesy: Barry Morrow)
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
Rain Man, the dramedy about a remarkable autistic man (Dustin Hoffman), was the big winner at the Oscars 28 years ago, claiming best picture, director (Barry Levinson), actor (Hoffman) and adapted screenplay, for which two statuettes were awarded: one to Barry Morrow, who wrote a script inspired by his friend Kim Peek, a “megasavant” he met after winning an Emmy for writing the 1981 TV movie Bill, another classic about a person with special needs; and the other to Ron Bass, who polished Morrow’s version.
Most Oscar winners proudly display their statuette where many will see it; Morrow has taken that to the extreme. He rarely has seen his in the years since Amy Irving and Richard Dreyfuss handed it to him — but it’s probably been more widely seen and held by others than any Oscar in history.
Read the rest of this entry…...
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
Rain Man, the dramedy about a remarkable autistic man (Dustin Hoffman), was the big winner at the Oscars 28 years ago, claiming best picture, director (Barry Levinson), actor (Hoffman) and adapted screenplay, for which two statuettes were awarded: one to Barry Morrow, who wrote a script inspired by his friend Kim Peek, a “megasavant” he met after winning an Emmy for writing the 1981 TV movie Bill, another classic about a person with special needs; and the other to Ron Bass, who polished Morrow’s version.
Most Oscar winners proudly display their statuette where many will see it; Morrow has taken that to the extreme. He rarely has seen his in the years since Amy Irving and Richard Dreyfuss handed it to him — but it’s probably been more widely seen and held by others than any Oscar in history.
Read the rest of this entry…...
- 2/22/2017
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Rain Man, the dramedy about a remarkable autistic man (Dustin Hoffman), was the big winner at the Oscars 28 years ago, claiming best picture, director (Barry Levinson), actor (Hoffman) and adapted screenplay, for which two statuettes were awarded: one to Barry Morrow, who wrote a script inspired by his friend Kim Peek, a “megasavant” he met after winning an Emmy for writing the 1981 TV movie Bill, another classic about a person with special needs; and the other to Ron Bass, who polished Morrow’s version.
Most Oscar winners proudly display their statuette where many will see it; Morrow has...
Most Oscar winners proudly display their statuette where many will see it; Morrow has...
- 2/21/2017
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A24
Sometimes, a performance can seem too precise to be simply the product of an actor’s imagination, or as just a result of fine writing on the page. When an accent or a quirk appears too specific to just simply have been invented, chances are it was probably found somewhere else.
There have been some notable and well-covered examples over the years of actors using real people as the basis for performances; Orson Welles modelled Citizen Kane’s titular newspaper baron on actual newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, Dustin Hoffman took major inspiration from savant Kim Peek to play the autistic title character in Rain Man, and Johnny Depp channelled Keith Richards for Jack Sparrow.
Of course, you already know about those. This list is about ten more recent examples, with one rule: these have to be unofficial ‘interpretations’ – a cast member playing a younger or older version of...
Sometimes, a performance can seem too precise to be simply the product of an actor’s imagination, or as just a result of fine writing on the page. When an accent or a quirk appears too specific to just simply have been invented, chances are it was probably found somewhere else.
There have been some notable and well-covered examples over the years of actors using real people as the basis for performances; Orson Welles modelled Citizen Kane’s titular newspaper baron on actual newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, Dustin Hoffman took major inspiration from savant Kim Peek to play the autistic title character in Rain Man, and Johnny Depp channelled Keith Richards for Jack Sparrow.
Of course, you already know about those. This list is about ten more recent examples, with one rule: these have to be unofficial ‘interpretations’ – a cast member playing a younger or older version of...
- 2/13/2015
- by Brogan Morris
- Obsessed with Film
Et confirms that Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher was hospitalized briefly in Los Angeles following a medical incident related to her bipolar disorder.
Pics: Actors Who Almost Got the Part
According to the 56-year-old star's rep, "There was a medical incident related to Carrie Fisher's bipolar disorder. She went to the hospital briefly to adjust her medication and is feeling much better now." Fisher is currently in Los Angeles.
The star was recently honored with the Utah Film Center's Kim Peek Award for Disability in Media for her forthright candor in dealing with her bipolar disorder and for raising awareness about the condition, saying that people suffering from bipolar disorder must choose between being a victim and "taking it on and flying in the face of it."
Related: Carrie Fisher Loses 50 Pounds!
The accomplished writer and performer has also been making headlines as of late with rampant speculation that the original Star Wars trilogy cast will appear...
Pics: Actors Who Almost Got the Part
According to the 56-year-old star's rep, "There was a medical incident related to Carrie Fisher's bipolar disorder. She went to the hospital briefly to adjust her medication and is feeling much better now." Fisher is currently in Los Angeles.
The star was recently honored with the Utah Film Center's Kim Peek Award for Disability in Media for her forthright candor in dealing with her bipolar disorder and for raising awareness about the condition, saying that people suffering from bipolar disorder must choose between being a victim and "taking it on and flying in the face of it."
Related: Carrie Fisher Loses 50 Pounds!
The accomplished writer and performer has also been making headlines as of late with rampant speculation that the original Star Wars trilogy cast will appear...
- 2/26/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Salt Lake City — Writer-actress Carrie Fisher has been honored for her candor in dealing with her bipolar disorder and for raising awareness about the condition.
Fisher received the Utah Film Center's Kim Peek Award for Disability in Media on Friday night in Salt Lake City.
The Deseret News reports ( ) film center founder Geralyn Dreyfous praised Fisher for sharing her bipolar disorder with a mix of humor, defiance and grace. http://bit.ly/TSyTob
Fisher says people face a choice of being a victim of bipolar disorder or "taking it on and flying in the face of it."
Fisher, who starred as Princess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy and is the daughter of late singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds, shared her journey during "An Evening With Carrie Fisher," sponsored by the film center.
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Information from: Deseret News, http://www.deseretnews.com...
Fisher received the Utah Film Center's Kim Peek Award for Disability in Media on Friday night in Salt Lake City.
The Deseret News reports ( ) film center founder Geralyn Dreyfous praised Fisher for sharing her bipolar disorder with a mix of humor, defiance and grace. http://bit.ly/TSyTob
Fisher says people face a choice of being a victim of bipolar disorder or "taking it on and flying in the face of it."
Fisher, who starred as Princess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy and is the daughter of late singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds, shared her journey during "An Evening With Carrie Fisher," sponsored by the film center.
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Information from: Deseret News, http://www.deseretnews.com...
- 11/11/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
James Callis has revealed that he enjoyed working on FlashForward. The Battlestar Galactica actor plays Gabriel McDow, the possible savant who confronted Olivia (Sonya Walger) in 'The Garden Of Forking Paths'. "I was a very different kind of character," he told Zap2It. "I was very protected by the glasses and the baseball cap and whatever it was. "Initially they said, 'It's just you, wearing a mac, and we love the way you talk'. I'm like, 'That's going to seem so odd'. I've seen videos of Kim Peek, the guy who Rain Man was based on. He's the original savant. These people, they're truly brilliant, but they're slightly askance." Callis added that he was thrilled to land a role in the show, explaining: "It was very exciting for me to be in the FBI headquarters (more)...
- 4/30/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Last week, fans of ABC's "FlashForward" got their first look at the new character played by "Battlestar Galactica" star James Callis, and Thursday (April 29), in an episode called "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," they learned his name and a few other details.
For most of his run as Dr. Gaius Baltar on "Battlestar," the British Callis was fashionable, whether politician chic or cult-leader boho, but on "FlashForward," he's sporting a scruffier look -- and an American accent.
"I was looking very rough," he tells Zap2it. "They wanted me to be English, originally."
That, though, didn't make sense to Callis: "This guy in 'FlashForward,' he's been abducted from an early age and put in some weird scientific flash-forward think tank -- was he on holiday from Skegness?"
(Fyi, Skegness is a seaside town in Lincolnshire, England.)
"I just ... didn't buy the idea of Gabriel McDow being a young 15-year-old,...
For most of his run as Dr. Gaius Baltar on "Battlestar," the British Callis was fashionable, whether politician chic or cult-leader boho, but on "FlashForward," he's sporting a scruffier look -- and an American accent.
"I was looking very rough," he tells Zap2it. "They wanted me to be English, originally."
That, though, didn't make sense to Callis: "This guy in 'FlashForward,' he's been abducted from an early age and put in some weird scientific flash-forward think tank -- was he on holiday from Skegness?"
(Fyi, Skegness is a seaside town in Lincolnshire, England.)
"I just ... didn't buy the idea of Gabriel McDow being a young 15-year-old,...
- 4/30/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The man who inspired the title character in the Oscar-winning movie Rain Man has died. Kim Peek was 58. His father, Fran, says Peek had a major heart attack Saturday morning and was pronounced dead at a hospital in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray. Peek was a savant with a remarkable memory and inspired writer Barry Morrow when he wrote "Rain Man," the 1988 movie that won four Academy Awards. Fran Peek said his son met Morrow at a convention in the early 1980s and the writer was taken with Peek's knack for retaining everything he heard. Morrow wrote the script, ...
- 12/24/2009
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Kim Peek, the man who was the inspiration behind Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man, has died. According to The Guardian, the 58-year-old suffered a heart attack in his hometown of Salt Lake City, Ut. Peek was often labelled a 'megasavant' for his incredible recall and memorisation abilities, being able to remember to the word over 12,000 books. Peek also had severe brain damage, which meant that he needed to rely on his father Fran for the activities of daily living, (more)...
- 12/23/2009
- by By Aaron Broverman
- Digital Spy
Kim Peek, the real Rain Man whose almost unimaginable powers of memory were coupled with severe disabilities and who inspired the Oscar-winning film role played by Dustin Hoffman, has died of a heart attack in his home town of Salt Lake City, aged 58.
Peek has been called a "mega-savant" for his ability to memorise to the word up to 12,000 books, including the Bible and the Book of Mormon. He could read two pages in about 10 seconds – the right page with his right eye and the left simultaneously with his left eye.
He knew phone books by heart, and could tell you what day of the week a particular date fell upon going back decades. One of his party tricks was to tell strangers the names of the people who used to live next door to them years ago.
At the same time, though, he had deep disabilities and relied on...
Peek has been called a "mega-savant" for his ability to memorise to the word up to 12,000 books, including the Bible and the Book of Mormon. He could read two pages in about 10 seconds – the right page with his right eye and the left simultaneously with his left eye.
He knew phone books by heart, and could tell you what day of the week a particular date fell upon going back decades. One of his party tricks was to tell strangers the names of the people who used to live next door to them years ago.
At the same time, though, he had deep disabilities and relied on...
- 12/23/2009
- by Ed Pilkington
- The Guardian - Film News
I thought it prudent to take a moment to recognize not an actor, but a real person who inspired a classic film. Kim Peek, the man who was the real-life basis for Rain Man, passed away this weekend from a heart attack at the age of 58. The role won Dustin Hoffman an Oscar, and he thanked Peek in his acceptance speech, as writer Barry Morrow’s meeting with Peek was the catalyst for his script for Rain Man. Peek possessed expertise in about 15 different subjects including history,...
- 12/23/2009
- by Paul Tassi
- JoBlo.com
Though you may not know his name, Kim Peek directly inspired Dustin Hoffman's role in the Oscar-winning film Rain Man. He died from a heart attack on Saturday morning. Peek was 58, and perhaps one of the world's most famous savants. He couldn't perform basic tasks like using a light switch, but he had a seemingly bottomless memory. After meeting Peek at a convention in the early 80s, writer Barry Morrow was so taken by his abilities that he ended up writing Rain Man. The film went on to win four Oscars: Best Picture, Actor, Director, and Original Screenplay. According to Yahoo: In his later years, Peek was classified as a mega-savant who was a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and geography to numbers, sports, music and dates. But his motor skills were limited; he couldn't perform some simple tasks like dressing himself. Peek suffered from...
- 12/23/2009
- by Devindra Hardawar
- Slash Film
The name Kim Peek might not mean anything to you. But what if I said he was the man who inspired Rain Man?
MSNBC reports that the 58-year-old Peek had a major heart attack on Saturday and was pronounced dead at the hospital. While Rain Man was a fictional narrative, screenwriter Barry Morrow was inspired to create the story after meeting Peek at a convention in the early '80s. Morrow was charmed by Peek's ability to memorize everything he heard, and went on to write Raymond Babbitt, the character that earned Dustin Hoffman an Academy Award.
Kim's father, Fran Peek said of his son: "It was just unbelievable, all the things that he knew. He traveled 5,500 miles short of 3 million air miles and talked to nearly 60 million people -- half have been students." As the years went on, the younger Peek became a "mega-savant," having become a genius in...
MSNBC reports that the 58-year-old Peek had a major heart attack on Saturday and was pronounced dead at the hospital. While Rain Man was a fictional narrative, screenwriter Barry Morrow was inspired to create the story after meeting Peek at a convention in the early '80s. Morrow was charmed by Peek's ability to memorize everything he heard, and went on to write Raymond Babbitt, the character that earned Dustin Hoffman an Academy Award.
Kim's father, Fran Peek said of his son: "It was just unbelievable, all the things that he knew. He traveled 5,500 miles short of 3 million air miles and talked to nearly 60 million people -- half have been students." As the years went on, the younger Peek became a "mega-savant," having become a genius in...
- 12/22/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Los Angeles - Kim Peek, the disabled savant who inspired the title character in the Dustin Hoffman film Rain Man, has died at the age of 58, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday. Peek died Saturday in Salt Lake City after suffering for serveral weeks with a respiratory infection. Born on November 11 1951, Peek was diagnosed as severely mentally retarded at the age of nine months, but by the age of 16 months was already displaying remarkable memory feats. He learnt how to read and write and read eight books a day, committing almost everything he read, saw and heard to memory. He...
- 12/22/2009
- Monsters and Critics
Real Rain Man Dies
The man who inspired 1988 movie Rain Man has died, aged 58.
Kim Peek, who was born with mental handicaps, passed away in Utah on Saturday after suffering a heart attack.
Peek inspired the character of Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman in the film, and gained international attention after the picture's release. He later became a popular public speaker.
Peek's unusual medical condition enabled him to memorise and recite vast amounts of information, and he was said to have committed more than 9,000 books to memory. His story inspired writer Barry Morrow to pen the script that went on to win four Academy Awards, including the Best Actor prize for Hoffman.
Peek is survived by his father, Fran.
Kim Peek, who was born with mental handicaps, passed away in Utah on Saturday after suffering a heart attack.
Peek inspired the character of Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman in the film, and gained international attention after the picture's release. He later became a popular public speaker.
Peek's unusual medical condition enabled him to memorise and recite vast amounts of information, and he was said to have committed more than 9,000 books to memory. His story inspired writer Barry Morrow to pen the script that went on to win four Academy Awards, including the Best Actor prize for Hoffman.
Peek is survived by his father, Fran.
- 12/22/2009
- WENN
The man who inspired the Hollywood movie Rain Man died in Utah on Saturday of a heart attack, according to reports in the Us media. The movie, released in 1988, starred Dustin Hoffman (pictured) and Tom Cruise in an unforgettable journey into the then little-known condition of autism. The inspiration for Rain Man, Kim Peek, 58, suffered mental disabilities but could memorise and recite huge amounts of information, committing 9,000 books to memory. Peek gained international attention when the movie came out and was made a suject of Mri research at Nasa. He went on to travel the world as a public speaker. His father said Peek developed an upper respiratory tract infection in recent...
- 12/22/2009
- by Philippa Bourke
- Monsters and Critics
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