Overview:
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.| Status: | Released (1988-12-12) |
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| Awards: | Won 4 Oscars. 27 wins & 26 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $172,825,435 |
| Screen: | Barry Morrow, Ron Bass |
| Productions: | United Artists, Star Partners II Ltd., Guber/Peters Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Italiano, English |
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Casts
- 4483: Dustin Hoffman - Raymond Babbitt
- 500: Tom Cruise - Charlie Babbitt
- 3124: Valeria Golino - Susanna
- 2211: Gerald R. Molen - Dr. Bruner
- 5145: Jack Murdock - John Mooney
- 5146: Michael D. Roberts - Vern
- 5147: Ralph Seymour - Lenny
Crews
- 4150: Bernie Pollack - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 3804: Peter Guber - Executive Producer - Production
- 5144: Ronald Bass - Screenplay - Writing
- 949: Louis DiGiaimo - Casting - Production
- 1260: William A. Elliott - Art Direction - Art
- 2889: Richard Beggs - Sound Designer - Sound
- 8246: Barry Levinson - Director - Directing
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Reviews
John Chard
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My main man Charlie Babbitt. It is something of a great cinematic achievement that Rain Man became the great film it clearly is because the story surrounding it is interestingly Hollywood in itself. Four directors, six screenwriters, two cinematographers, eight producers, write ....
Continue reading ->Peter McGinn
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I am not going to pretend I have much substantive to say about this movie that will make readers gasp or slap their forwards and realize, yes, that is why I should love this film! But as this is one of my wife and my favorite movies ever, I thought I would share why. When this mo ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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"Charlie" (Tom Cruise) works his luxury car import business quite literally wheeling and dealing when he is told that his estranged father has died. Driving to meet the solicitor he's informed that he is to receive some perfectly grown roses, but that the $3m estate is to be left els ....
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