Rain Man: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen. After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.

Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), a Los Angeles car dealer in his mid-twenties, is in the middle of importing four gray market Lamborghinis. The deal is being threatened by the EPA, and if Charlie cannot meet its requirements, he will lose a significant amount of money.

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Charlie : When I was a little kid and I got scared, the Rain Man would come and sing to me. Susanna : Rain what? Charlie : Oh you know, one of those imaginary childhood friends.

Tom Cruise is equally as great in a role that called for drastic layer changes, a role that demanded much conviction from the actor taking it on, and Cruise gives the role much depth as he goes from shallow bastard to a very emotive and feeling human being, it's a great show that stands up to reevaluation these days.

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Rain Man: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen. After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.

Rain Man (1988) - Awards, nominations, and wins. Menu. Movies. ... Tom Cruise; Tied with Dean Stockwell for Married to the Mob (1988) and Martin Landau for Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). 1988 Winner KCFCC Award. Best Director; Barry Levinson; National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA.

The elderly man in the waiting room who talks on and on about the Pony Express is Byron P. Cavnar, an 89-year-old local who was in the waiting room when the crew arrived to film there.

Charlie recalls an imaginary childhood friend he refers to as "the rain man", who would sing to him whenever he got scared. After sharing parts of their childhood, Charlie comes to realize that the imaginary Rain Man was actually Raymond, a play on his name.