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zingy
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 Rain Man Rain Man Quote: Rain Man is a 1988 drama film 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, a man with high functioning autism of whose existence Charlie was unaware.
The film stars Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt, Dustin Hoffman as Raymond 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. 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. The film also won the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Riggs
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I guess this thread is about Rain Man right? 
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jb007
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Masterpiece. Fantastic job by Hoffman and Cruise. One of the all-time best.
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rusty
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great movie A
I always make jokes about it. I do a voice of a retarded person and pretend to be dustin hoffman and say "Tommy, aw we going to da moveez now?"
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zingy
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Riggs27 wrote: I guess this thread is about Rain Man right? 
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sako
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93/100
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Maximus
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A+
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Riggs
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I like it but it is pretty overrated. B+
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Algren
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Rain Man - B+
I have to watch it again.....SOON. But i do remember loving it.
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Thegun
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Re: Rain Man Today was the first time I watched it all the way through. Very engaging film, Hoffman is fantastic as always and Cruise does a good job as well playing a real dick for most of it.
Solid A
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Excel
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Re: Rain Man rewatching this this AM. Loving it. Cruise and hoffman are perfect
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Thegun
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Re: Rain Man I always think of the Adam Sandler hot water burn baby that came from this
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Algren
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Rain Man
Well, nine years later and I finally watched it for a second time. Hoffman gets a lot of praise, but Cruise is astonishing, too (not getting a nomination is a fucking joke). Such an awesome 80s film, and I am so glad it won Best Picture (although I don't believe it was the best film made in 1988, but it was the best film of the nominations for sure). The music in Rain Man is very special.
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