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Release Date:
16 December 1988 (USA)
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Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 4 Oscars.
Another 19 wins
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13 nominations
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(87 articles)
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Shows the way forward for issue driven movies.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Raymond Babbitt |
 | Tom Cruise | ... | Charlie Babbitt |
 | Valeria Golino | ... | Susanna |
 | Gerald R. Molen | ... | Dr. Bruner (as Jerry Molen) |
| Jack Murdock | ... | John Mooney |
 | Michael D. Roberts | ... | Vern |
| Ralph Seymour | ... | Lenny |
| Lucinda Jenney | ... | Iris |
 | Bonnie Hunt | ... | Sally Dibbs |
 | Kim Robillard | ... | Small Town Doctor |
 | Beth Grant | ... | Mother at Farm House |
| Dolan Dougherty | ... | Farm House Kid |
| Marshall Dougherty | ... | Farm House Kid |
| Patrick Dougherty | ... | Farm House Kid |
| John-Michael Dougherty | ... | Farm House Kid |
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133 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:12 |
Iceland:L |
Ireland:15 |
Brazil:Livre |
Australia:MA (DVD rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
New Zealand:PG |
Norway:10 (original rating) |
Norway:11 (re-rating) |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:12
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Tom Cruise's wearing Ray Bans boosted sales of that style 15%.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Rain Man says that he buys his underwear at K-Mart on Oak & Burnet. There isn't a K-Mart located on Oak & Burnet. Oak & Burnet is the location of the Vernon Manor Hotel, where Tom Cruise and others in the cast stayed during the filming of the movie.
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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 Lamborghinis before, and yet you assured me that you can deliver these cars within that time frame. Don't, don't tell me that, 'cause I - I'm not even listening.
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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 Lamborghinis before, and yet you assured me that you can deliver these cars within that time frame. Don't, don't tell me that, 'cause I - I'm not even listening.
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Referenced in Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics (2004) (V)
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Shoes with Wings On
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Tom Cruise stars as a used car salesman, who is angry when his father's inheritance is left to his older autistic brother (Dustin Hoffman), whose existence had not been revealed to him.
The film is built around its two assured central performances. Hoffman gives an excellent portrayal of a man with autism, totally unable to comprehend the real world around him. Cruise is no less impressive. While he is essentially playing to type, his character's attitude changes so gradually throughout the film that you barely notice, and without Cruise's subtle performance this transformation would be much less credible.
This is a highly commendable film, which, despite tackling a tricky subject, refuses to succumb to sentimentality. In giving autism such publicity, the film has hopefully helped to lessen the stigma brought on by ignorance of this condition.
Rain Man's great success is that it shows the way forward for issue driven movies in Hollywood. Its success at the box office demonstrates that taking a risk can pay off in spades, provided that the film is good enough.