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.
- Director
- Barry Levinson
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $355M
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Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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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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The record
Awards
5 wins · 8 nominations
Academy Awards
4 wins · 8 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
Berlin International Film Festival
1 win
- WinnerGolden Bear
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Rain Man returned 14.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $355M
- Release date
- Dec 12, 1988
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- United States of America
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