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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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Rain Man on Amazon
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Rain Man (Penguin Readers, Level 3) - $9.27
Charlie Babbitt thinks he will get a lot of money when his father dies. However the money goes to someone he doesn't know - a man who lives in hospital and is the brother Charlie never knew he had. The two meet and so starts a surprising ne...
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Rain Man (Special Edition) - $14.98
Dustin Hoffman is a 'triumph (People) in an Oscar(r)-winning* role, and Tom Cruiseis 'terrific (ABC Radio) in a film that's fascinating, touching and full of smart surprises (Newsweek)! Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) has just discovered he h...
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Rain Man - $19.98
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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