Rain Man (1988)
Rain Man was the link movie connecting Jurassic Park and Kung Fu Panda.
Linked through Gerald R. Molen and Dustin Hoffman.
Both Gerald R. Molen and Dustin Hoffman appeared in Rain Man.
About Rain Man
"A journey through understanding and fellowship."
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.
Directed by Barry Levinson
Written by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
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Rain Man won the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival and earned eight nominations at the 61st Academy Awards, winning four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman) and Best Original Screenplay; its score was also nominated for Best Original Score.
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Score by Hans Zimmer
The film's original motion picture soundtrack was composed by Hans Zimmer; Zimmer's score was nominated for Best Original Score at the 61st Academy Awards.
Movie trivia
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Barry Morrow based the character of Raymond Babbitt on savant Kim Peek and on Bill Sackter, using situational aspects from his friendship with Sackter to shape the brothers' relationship.
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Roger Birnbaum was the first studio executive to greenlight Rain Man immediately after Morrow's pitch and received a special thanks credit in the film.
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Real-life brothers Dennis and Randy Quaid were considered for Raymond and Charlie, and agents sent the script to Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray envisioning Murray as Raymond and Hoffman as Charlie.
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Steven Spielberg was attached to direct for five months before leaving to direct Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a choice he later regretted; Martin Brest and Sydney Pollack were also involved in the project.
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Dustin Hoffman prepared for a year by researching autistic people and savants, observed Kim Peek, thanked Peter Guthrie, Joseph Sullivan and Kim Peek in his Academy Award speech, and decided to portray Raymond as both autistic and a savant.
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Principal photography included about nine weeks on location in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky and desert shooting near Palm Springs; most filming occurred during the 1988 Writers Guild strike, and Ronald Bass delivered his last draft hours before the strike and spent no time on set.
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