Dirty Harry Meets Rain Man
"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? In all this excitement, I--
"Six. definitely six."
Rain Man is an
Oscar-winning 1988 drama film created by United Artists, written by Barry
Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an
abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged
father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his
other son, Raymond, an autistic savant of whose existence Charlie was unaware.
The film stars
Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt, Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt and Valeria
Golino as Charlie's girlfriend, Susanna. Morrow created the character of
Raymond 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.[1] Rain Man received
overwhelmingly positive reviews at the time of its release, praising Hoffman's
role and the wit and sophistication of the screenplay.
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.[2] The film also won
the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. -Wikipedia
