Rain Man

A journey through understanding and fellowship.

19882h 14mNo ratings yet

Drama

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.

Keywords

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mentally disabled
autism
loss of loved one
travel
road trip
blackjack
las vegas
melodramatic
individual
savant
psychiatrist
yuppie
car dealer
egocentrism
convertible
cincinnati
disability
mentally handicapped man
asperger's syndrome
suppressed memory
forgotten memory
sentimental
savant syndrome

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 12, 1988
Original language: English
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Countries: United States of America
Production: United Artists,The Guber-Peters Company,Star Partners II Ltd.,Star Partners II
Cast: Dustin Hoffman,Tom Cruise,Valeria Golino,Gerald R. Molen,Jack Murdock,Michael D. Roberts,Ralph Seymour,Lucinda Jenney,Bonnie Hunt,Kim Robillardand 56 more
Director: Barry Levinson
Writer: Ronald Bass,Barry Morrow
Producer: Peter Guber,Mark Johnson,Jon Peters,Christine Forsyth-Peters
Cinematography: John Seale
Music: Hans Zimmer
Budget: $25,000,000
Revenue: $354,825,435
IMDb: tt0095953