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Rain Man is an Academy Award winning 1988 drama starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman about a man (Cruise) who learns that his father's multi-million dollar estate is being left to an Autistic brother (Hoffman) that he never knew he had. After tracking down his brother, he embarks on a cross country road trip to Los Angeles in order to receive his share of the inheritance. The pair also make a brief foray to Las Vegas, where the pair try to win money counting cards. The film was a critical success and went on to win four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Actor (Hoffman).
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- Release date: December 16, 1988
- Directed by: Barry Levinson
- Written by: Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass
- Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golin and Gerald R. Molen
- Produced by: Peter Guber, Jon Peters, David McGiffert, Mark Johnson and Gerald R. Molen
- Music by: Hans Zimmer
- Run time: 133 minutes
- Rated: R
- The character of Raymond was inspired by a real-life savant, Kim Peek
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man, it's raining again...can't believe this shitty weather lately...cold I can handle well...but rain? My hair does not agree ¬ ¬
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I love burn notice but this episode was annoying. A matter a fact it was just the client in the show. Rain man wannabe
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@CHELSEAWMS hahaha well it's true purple rain call me yesterday and was like man she put hot wax on me haha
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i just had to drive...in the rain...to a 24-hr pharm to buy meds for my puppy.....talk about loving man's best fren
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Rain Man is the kind of touching drama that Oscars are made for--and, sure enough, the film took Academy honors for best picture, director, screenplay, and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in 1988. Hoffman plays Raymond, an autistic savant who...
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