Rain Man

Rain Man
Rain Man
	Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed by	Barry Levinson
Screenplay by	Barry Morrow; Ronald Bass;
Story by	Barry Morrow
Produced by	Mark Johnson
Starring	Dustin Hoffman; Tom Cruise; Valeria Golino;
Cinematography	John Seale
Edited by	Stu Linder
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Production; companies	United Artists; Guber-Peters Company; Star Partners II, Ltd.;
Distributed by	MGM/UA Communications Co.
Release date	December 16, 1988;
Running time	134 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$354.8 million($914 million in 2023 dollars)

Rain Man is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass. It tells the story of abrasive, selfish, young wheeler-dealer Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed virtually all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant of whose existence Charlie was unaware. Charlie is left with only his father's beloved vintage car and rosebushes. Valeria Golino also stars 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.^[5]

Rain Man competed at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear, the festival's highest prize.^[6] The film was released theatrically by MGM/UA Communications Co. under its United Artists label in the United States on December 16, 1988, to critical and commercial success. Praise was given to Levinson's direction, the performances (particularly Cruise's and Hoffman's), the instrumental score, Morrow's screenplay, the cinematography, and the film's portrayal of autism. The film grossed $354 million (on a $25 million budget), becoming the highest-grossing film of 1988, and received a leading eight nominations at the 61st Academy Awards, winning four (more than any other film nominated): Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Hoffman), and Best Original Screenplay.^[7]

As of 2024^[update], Rain Man is the only film to win both the Berlin International Film Festival's highest award and the Academy Award for Best Picture in the same year. It was also the last film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to be nominated for Best Picture until Licorice Pizza, 33 years later.^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rain Man (1988)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference bom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Rain Man (1988) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ Barry Morrow's audio commentary for Rain Man from the DVD release.
^ "Berlinale: 1989 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
^ Cite error: The named reference Oscars1989 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (February 9, 2022). "MGM's Michael de Luca & Pam Abdy on Studio's First In-House Best Picture Oscar Nomination in 33 Years, Being "Mildly Psychotically Obsessive" About Movies & What's Ahead – Q&A". Deadline Hollywood.

[afi-1] "Rain Man (1988)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.

[bom-2] Cite error: The named reference bom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[numbers-3] "Rain Man (1988) - Financial Information". The Numbers.

[inflation-US-4] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[DVD-5] Barry Morrow's audio commentary for Rain Man from the DVD release.

[Berlinale-6] "Berlinale: 1989 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2011.

[Oscars1989-7] Cite error: The named reference Oscars1989 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[8] Tartaglione, Nancy (February 9, 2022). "MGM's Michael de Luca & Pam Abdy on Studio's First In-House Best Picture Oscar Nomination in 33 Years, Being "Mildly Psychotically Obsessive" About Movies & What's Ahead – Q&A". Deadline Hollywood.

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