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Rain Man (1988)

Rain Man (1988)

Drama

A journey through understanding and fellowship.

Release Date: 1988, December 12
Directors: Barry Levinson
Countries: United States of America
Production: United Artists, Star Partners II, The Guber-Peters Company
Cast: Bonnie Hunt, Jake Hoffman, June Christopher, Luisa Leschin, Tom Cruise, Chris Mulkey, Dustin Hoffman, Darryl Wooten, Mark Winn, Kim Robillard, Billie Perkins, Ray Baker

Overview:

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.

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