"of wet kitsch. Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars out of four. ""Rain Man"" debuted on December 16, 1988, and was the second highest-grossing film at the weekend box office (behind ""Twins""), with $7 million. It reached the first spot on the December 30 – January 2 weekend, finishing 1988 with $42 million. The film would end up as the highest-grossing U.S. film of 1988 by earning over $172 million. The film grossed over $354 million worldwide. ""Rain Man"" won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Dustin Hoffman), Best Director and"
"character traits for Raymond. Denby noted: ""Hoffman, looking suddenly older and smaller, has developed a small shuffling walk for Raymond, with shoulder bent. His eyes don't make contact with anyone else's, and he flattens his voice to a dry nasal bark."" ""Rain Man"" won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Hoffman, and Best Director for Barry Levinson. Having worked closely with Hoffman for two years on filming, Levinson offered some opinions about his skill as an actor: After ""Rain Man"", Hoffman appeared with Sean Connery and Matthew Broderick in ""Family Business"" (1989), directed by Sidney Lumet. The"
"Barry Morrow Barry Morrow (born June 12, 1948) is an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for ""Rain Man"". Morrow was born in Austin, Minnesota and studied at St. Olaf College. Several of Morrow's scripts are inspired by real people, especially people with disabilities and/or extraordinary talents. These include the savant played by Dustin Hoffman in the film ""Rain Man"", inspired by the real savant Kim Peek; and mentally disabled Bill Sackter, played by Mickey Rooney in the TV movie ""Bill"". Both works received writing Oscar, Emmy and other awards for Morrow and for"
"great help from his father. Peek did not walk until he was four years old, and then in a sidelong manner. He could not button up his shirt and had difficulty with other ordinary motor skills, presumably due to his damaged cerebellum, which normally coordinates motor activities. In psychological testing, Peek scored below average (87) on general IQ tests. In 1984, screenwriter Barry Morrow met Peek in Arlington, Texas; the result of the meeting was the 1988 movie ""Rain Man"". The character of Raymond Babbitt, although inspired by Peek, was portrayed as autistic. Dustin Hoffman, who played Babbitt, met Peek"
"describes why he loves the film: Next came director Barry Levinson's ""Rain Man"" (1988), where Hoffman starred as an autistic savant, opposite Tom Cruise. Levinson, Hoffman and Cruise worked for two years on the film, and Hoffman's performance gained him his second Academy Award. Behind Hoffman's motivation for doing the film, he has said, ""Deep inside, ""Rain Man"" is about how autistic we all are."" In preparation for the part, Hoffman spent two years befriending autistic people, which included taking them bowling and to fast food restaurants. ""It fed my obsession,"" he has stated. Hoffman worked at the New York"
"Year in 1976, attending a ceremony in Washington, D.C. President Jimmy Carter gave him special recognition in 1979. Sackter's story was told in two television movies. ""Bill"" was presented in December 1981, with Sackter portrayed by Mickey Rooney in a role that brought him an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe. The movie also won an Emmy as outstanding drama special. A sequel, """", costarring Helen Hunt, was released in 1983. Also, the autistic savant character Raymond Babbitt in the movie ""Rain Man"", cowritten by Barry Morrow, was based in part on Sackter. Sackter died in his sleep in 1983."
"an Academy Award for his work on ""The Third Man"" (1949), directed by Carol Reed, having previously worked with Reed on ""Odd Man Out"" (1947). He also worked on ""Brief Encounter"" for David Lean and ""Another Man's Poison"" for Irving Rapper. Lean sacked him from ""Great Expectations"" shown in December 1946, because both he and producer Ronald Neame were unhappy with his handling of the marsh scenes. However he is credited with the opening scene of that film. His later films included the epics ""Alexander the Great"", ""El Cid"", and ""The Fall of the Roman Empire"". He returned to Australia"
"acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in ""Death of a Salesman"" – Hoffman reprised the role a year later in a television film. 1987 saw the release of originally ill-received comedy ""Ishtar"", in which he starred with Warren Beatty; its critical support has since grown. He won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the autistic Ray Babbitt in the 1988 film ""Rain Man"", co-starring Tom Cruise. In 1989, he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for playing Shylock in a stage performance of ""The Merchant of Venice"". In"
"film subjects who are positively impacting our society's perception of people with disabilities"" and is given out by the Utah Film Center. Kim Peek Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant. Known as a ""megasavant"", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the autistic savant character Raymond Babbitt in the movie ""Rain Man"". Although Peek was previously diagnosed with autism, it is now thought that he instead had FG syndrome. Peek was born"
"solutions. Rimland supported Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), a systematic educational approach made popular by Ivar Lovaas. He published an ARI newsletter, which reached an international audience. Rimland was also the editor of the ""Autism Research Review International"", published by ARI, which covers biomedical and educational advances in autism research. In 1988, Rimland served as technical advisor on autism for the 1988 movie ""Rain Man"". Rimland suggested giving Raymond Babbitt, the movie's main character portrayed by Dustin Hoffman, the extraordinary characteristics of someone with Savant syndrome. Hoffman interviewed Rimland's son, Mark, in preparing for the role. He felt the movie portrayed"
"The Rainmaker (1997 film) The Rainmaker is a 1997 American legal drama film based on John Grisham's 1995 novel of the same name, and written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It stars Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Roy Scheider, Mickey Rourke, Virginia Madsen, Mary Kay Place and Teresa Wright in her final film role. Rudy Baylor is a graduate of the University of Memphis Law School. Unlike most of his fellow grads, he has no high-paying job lined up and is forced to apply for part-time positions while serving drinks at a Memphis bar."
"odyssey across country – because they couldn't fly."" While some of those airlines cited as justification avoiding having airplane passengers feel uncomfortable in sympathy with Raymond during the in-flight entertainment, the scene was shown intact on flights of Qantas, and commentators noted that Raymond mentions ""it"" as the only airline whose planes have ""never crashed"". The film is credited with introducing Qantas' safety record to U.S. consumers. Rain Man Rain Man is a 1988 American comedy-drama road movie directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass. It tells the story of an abrasive, selfish young wheeler-dealer"
"2008"" lists, including those of the ""Chicago Reader"", ""New York Post"", ""Newsweek"", ""The Austin Chronicle"", ""LA Weekly"", ""The Philadelphia Inquirer"", the ""Seattle Post-Intelligencer"", ""Entertainment Weekly"", ""The New York Times"", ""The Oregonian"", ""Slate"", ""The Village Voice"", and ""The Christian Science Monitor"". In 2012, Raymond also published a second novel, ""Rain Dragon"", which revolves around the character of Damon and his girlfriend Amy, who have had enough of Los Angeles and decide to leave the city to work on a community farm. Raymond has co-written, with the director Kelly Reichardt, the screenplays for two of her films based on his short stories:"
"in the category of Special Effects and Sound Effects, for the earthquake and flood sequences. It became the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Special Effects, edging out other nominees including ""The Wizard of Oz"" and ""Gone with the Wind"". ""The Rains Came"" was remade in 1955 as ""The Rains of Ranchipur"", with Richard Burton, Lana Turner and Fred MacMurray in the Power, Loy and Brent roles. The 1939 film uses the original novel's ending; the 1955 film does not. The Rains Came The Rains Came is a 1939 20th Century Fox film based on an American"
"since 1977. She was in attendance in Cleveland, along with fellow Cubs fans Eddie Vedder, Bill Murray and John Cusack, for the Cubs' historic Game 7 victory during the 2016 World Series. She is a supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, of which she is an honorary board member. Bonnie Hunt Bonnie Lynn Hunt (born September 22, 1961) is an American comedienne, actress, director, producer, and writer. Her film roles include ""Rain Man"", ""Beethoven"", ""Beethoven's 2nd"", ""Jumanji"", ""Jerry Maguire"", ""The Green Mile"", ""Cheaper by the Dozen"", and ""Cheaper by the Dozen 2"". Hunt has done voice work in ""A"
"Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was an English–American film and stage actor whose career spanned several decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ""The Invisible Man"" (1933) he appeared in classic films such as ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1938), ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" (1939), ""The Wolf Man"" (1941), ""Casablanca"" and ""Kings Row"" (both 1942), ""Notorious"" (1946), ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"" (1957), and ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962). He was a Tony Award winning actor and was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Rains was"
"Award for Best Supporting Actor on four occasions: for ""Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"" (1939), ""Casablanca"" (1943), ""Mr. Skeffington"" (1944) and ""Notorious"" (1946). Rains was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6400 Hollywood Boulevard on February 8, 1960. In the television series ""Heroes"" the character portrayed by Christopher Eccleston does not reveal his real name and uses the alias 'Claude Rains' due to his ability to turn himself, any personal objects he touches, and other people invisible; his alias is an obvious homage to Rains who played ""The Invisible Man"". Rains starred in multiple plays and"
"I plan to begin a process of making one personal movie after another and if something leads me back to look at that, which I'm sure it might, I'll see what makes sense to me."" Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with"
"which have necessarily been produced). Ronald Bass Ronald Bass (born March 26, 1942) sometimes credited as Ron Bass, is an American screenwriter and film producer. Bass's work is characterized as being highly in demand, and he is thought to be among the most highly paid writers in Hollywood. He is often called the ""King of the Pitches"". In 1988, he received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ""Rain Man"", and films that Bass is associated with are regularly nominated for multiple motion picture awards. His films have grossed over $2 billion dollars. Bass was born in Los Angeles,"
"on prodigies in his book ""An Anthropologist on Mars"". In 1989, Wiltshire appeared on the cover of ""You"" magazine with actor Dustin Hoffman, who had portrayed autistic savant Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 Oscar-winning film, ""Rain Man"", which Wiltshire considers to be one of his favorite movies. In 2006, Wiltshire was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to art. In September 2006 Wiltshire opened his permanent gallery in the Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London. On 15 February 2008, ABC News named him ""Person of the Week"". In July 2009 he acted as"
"in 1990. He is a four-time Oscar nominee, five-time BAFTA nominee, and four-time ASC Award nominee. His greatest commercial successes have been ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", which grossed US$974 million; ""Rain Man"", which grossed US$354 million; """", which grossed US$335 million; ""The Perfect Storm"", which grossed US$328 million; and ""The Tourist"", which grossed US$278 million. He came out of retirement in 2012 to shoot """", for which he received another Academy Award nomination. John Seale John Clement Seale A.C.S. A.S.C. (born 5 October 1942) is a retired Australian cinematographer. He won an Oscar for his work in the"
"Adam Sandler Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. After becoming a ""Saturday Night Live"" cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office. He is best known for his roles in the films ""Billy Madison"" (1995), the sports comedies ""Happy Gilmore"" (1996) and ""The Waterboy"" (1998), the romantic comedy ""The Wedding Singer"" (1998), ""Big Daddy"" (1999), and ""Mr. Deeds"" (2002), and voicing Dracula in ""Hotel Transylvania"" (2012), ""Hotel Transylvania 2"" (2015), and """" (2018). Several of"
"""Rain Man"", a film that won 4 Oscars including Best Picture, depicts a character with autism who has incredible talents and abilities. While many autistic individuals don't have these special abilities, there are some who have been successful in their fields. Treatment is expensive; indirect costs are more so. For someone born in 2000, a US study estimated an average lifetime cost of $ (net present value in dollars, inflation-adjusted from 2003 estimate), with about 10% medical care, 30% extra education and other care, and 60% lost economic productivity. Publicly supported programs are often inadequate or inappropriate for a given"
"after meeting Kim Peek, a real-life savant; his characterization was based on both Peek and Bill Sackter, a good friend of Morrow who was the subject of ""Bill"", an earlier film that Morrow wrote. ""Rain Man"" was the highest-grossing film of 1988. The film won four Oscars at the 61st Academy Awards (March 1989), including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Hoffman. Its crew received an additional four nominations. The film also won the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. Charlie Babbitt is in the middle of importing"
"Fred Willard Frederick Charles Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor and writer, best known for his improvisational comedy. He is known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film ""This Is Spinal Tap"", the Christopher Guest mockumentary films, ""Waiting for Guffman"", ""Best in Show"", ""A Mighty Wind"", ""For Your Consideration"", ""Mascots"" and the """" films. He is an alumnus of The Second City. He received three Emmy nominations for his recurring role on the TV series ""Everybody Loves Raymond"". In 2010, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor"
"Kim Peek Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant. Known as a ""megasavant"", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the autistic savant character Raymond Babbitt in the movie ""Rain Man"". Although Peek was previously diagnosed with autism, it is now thought that he instead had FG syndrome. Peek was born in Salt Lake City, Utah with macrocephaly, damage to the cerebellum, and agenesis of the corpus callosum, a condition in which the"
"February 15, 1989, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC), at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Richard Kahn, president of the Academy, and the actress Anne Archer. ""Rain Man"" led all nominees, with eight nominations; ""Dangerous Liaisons"" and ""Mississippi Burning"" tied for second with seven each. The winners were announced at the award ceremony on March 29, 1989. Best Actress winner Jodie Foster became the third person in history to win the aforementioned category for a film with a single nomination. The last person to achieve this feat was Sophia Loren when she won for ""Two Women"""
"as ""Rain Man,"" a 1988 drama film starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. Cyril believes that Archer is calling himself a better spy than James Bond from the ""James Bond"" film series, to which Archer pronounces ""I don’t like to invite that comparison but... yeah, basically."" Several critics have noted satirical comparisons between ""Archer"" and the ""Bond"" films. Reed, himself, based the Archer character on Bond, perceiving Bond as misogynistic and racist. In its original broadcast on FX, ""Training Day"" was watched by 1.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings. 1.2 million of these viewers were aged between the ages"
"Mark Johnson (producer) Mark Johnson (born December 27, 1945) is an American film and television producer. Johnson won the Best Picture Academy Award for producing the 1988 drama movie ""Rain Man"", starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. The film, winner of four Oscars, also captured a Golden Globe for Best Picture. Johnson was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Dorothy (née King), a realtor, and Emery Johnson, who worked in the air cargo business. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1971. Johnson first became involved in show business in 1965, as an actor playing the sheriff's deputy"
"Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Angie Dickinson. ""Rain Man"" won four awards, including the Best Picture. Other winners included ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"", also four wins (three competitive and one special); ""Dangerous Liaisons"", with three awards; and ""The Accused"", ""The Accidental Tourist"", ""A Fish Called Wanda"", ""The Appointments of Dennis Jennings"", ""Beetlejuice"", ""Bird"", """", ""The Milagro Beanfield War"", ""Mississippi Burning"", ""Pelle the Conqueror"", ""Tin Toy"", ""Working Girl"", and ""You Don't Have to Die"" with one each. The telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States. The nominees for the 61st Academy Awards were announced on"
"Earl Holliman Henry Earl Holliman (born September 11, 1928) is an American actor known for his many character roles in films, mostly westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film ""The Rainmaker"" (1956) and portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police drama ""Police Woman"" throughout its 1974–1978 run. Earl Holliman was born on September 11, 1928, in Delhi in Richland Parish, northeastern Louisiana. Holliman's biological father died six months prior to his birth, and his biological mother, living in poverty with several other children, gave him up for adoption at"
"during the awards ceremony on March 27, 1995. For only the second time in Oscar history, three of the four acting winners were previous winners. The 11th ceremony held in 1939 previously accomplished this feat. Best Actor winner Tom Hanks became the fifth performer to win consecutive acting Oscars and the second person to do so in the aforementioned category since Spencer Tracy won for his performances in ""Captains Courageous"" and ""Boys Town"". He also was the sixth person to win Best Actor twice. Best Supporting Actress winner Dianne Wiest became the first person to win two acting Oscars for"
"virtue of his second straight win in both music categories, Alan Menken became the third person to win two Oscars in two consecutive years. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The award recognizes individuals whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture industry. The following individuals (in order of appearance) presented awards or performed musical numbers: After the success of the previous year's ceremony which won several Emmys and critical acclaim, the Academy rehired producer Gil Cates for the fourth consecutive year. In February 1993, actor and comedian Billy Crystal"