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Rain Man

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Rain Man

A journey through understanding and fellowship.

1988·2h 14m·🇺🇸
Drama
8/ 10585,244 votes

Cast

Synopsis

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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Academy Awards

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Best ActorDustin Hoffman
Winner
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Best DirectorBarry Levinson
Winner
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Best Picture
Winner
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Best Original ScreenplayScreenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow
Winner
Best Art Direction
Nominated
Best CinematographyJohn Seale
Nominated
Best Film Editing
Nominated
Best Original ScoreHans Zimmer
Nominated

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