7.8
Summary
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.
Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Raymond Babbitt
Tom Cruise
Charlie Babbitt
Valeria Golino
Susanna
Gerald R. Molen
Dr. Bruner
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
Peter Dougherty
Farm House Kid
Andrew Dougherty
Farm House Kid
Loretta Wendt Jolivette
Dr. Bruner's Secretary
Donald E. Jones
Minister at Funeral
Bryon P. Caunar
Man in Waiting Room
Donna J. Dickson
Nurse
Earl Roat
Man on Wallbrook Road
William Montgomery Jr.
Wallbrook Patient Entering TV Room
Elizabeth Lower
Bank Officer
Michael C. Hall
Police Officer at Accident
Robert W. Heckel
Police Officer at Accident
W. Todd Kenner
Police Officer at Accident
Kneeles Reeves
Amarillo Hotel Owner
Jack W. Cope
Irate Driver
Nick Mazzola
Blackjack Dealer
Ralph Tabakin
Shift Boss
Ray Baker
Mr. Kelso
Isadore Figler
Pit Boss
Ralph M. Cardinale
Pit Boss
Sam Roth
Floorman
Nanci M. Harvey
Lady at Blackjack Table
Kenneth E. Lowden
Guard in Video Room
Jocko Marcellino
Las Vegas Crooner
John Thorstensen
Train Conductor
Blanche Salter
Woman at Pancake Counter
Jake Hoffman
Boy at Pancake Counter
Royce D. Applegate
(voice)
June Christopher
(voice)
Anna Mathias
(voice)
Archie Hahn
(voice)
Luisa Leschin
(voice)
Ira Miller
(voice)
Chris Mulkey
(voice)
Tracy Newman
(voice)
Julie Payne
(voice)
Reni Santoni
(voice)
Bridget Sienna
(voice)
Ruth Silveira
(voice)
Jonathan Stark
(voice)
Lynne Marie Stewart
(voice)
Arnold F. Turner
(voice)
Gigi Vorgan
(voice)
Jon Bielich
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Richard A. Buswell
Car Driver (uncredited)
Pui Fan Lee
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Matt Mattingly
Autistic Pianist (uncredited)
Billie Perkins
Hotel Customer (uncredited)
Jill Senter
Sandra (uncredited)
Aaron Weiler
Airport Security Guard (uncredited)
Mark Winn
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Darryl Wooten
Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Barry Levinson
Screenplay
Ronald Bass
Screenplay, Story
Barry Morrow
Reviews
John Chard
September 26, 2014
10
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, writers strikes, crew change, and a studio fighting for its life.
All of the above are common knowledge but it doesn't hurt to remember these facts when viewing the award wining triumph of a movie that stands the test of time today. The film is so simple in structure it really needed something special to pull it out of the prospective banality of being "just another road movie about finding oneself", Rain Man achieves something special by tackling its subjects with very sensitive hands and splicing a believable human concept into the story via the incredible shows from its two leading men.
Dustin Hoffman gives a magical moving performance as the Autistic Savant Raymond, the ultimate complement I can pay the performance is that it really is believable, both moving and clever rolled into one artistic result. Tom Cruise is equally as great in a role that called for drastic layer changes, a role that demanded much conviction from the actor taking it on, and Cruise gives the role much depth as he goes from shallow bastard to a very emotive and feeling human being, it's a great show that stands up to reevaluation these days. A performance that seems to have sadly been forgotten in light of Hoffman's film stealing show. With a film such as this you pray that the ending can do it justice, and I'm glad to say that there is no pandering here, it's an ending that says so much because it doesn't cop out, I thank god for those rewrites because the endings to the original scripts would have had me booting the TV set out of the window. Essential cinema. 10/10
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$25,000,000.00
Revenue:
$354,825,435.00
