Rain Man movie

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.

Rain Man is an Academy Award-winning 1988 drama film which tells the story of an abrasive, selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his father has left all of his multi-million dollar estate to an autistic savant brother, Raymond, whom Charlie never knew he had.The movie stars Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt, Dustin Hoffman as his brother Raymond, and Valeria Golino as Charlies girlfriend, Susanna. The character of Raymond was inspired by real-life savant, Kim Peek.PlotCharlie Babbitts lifeThe film begins in 1988 with Charlie Babbitt, a Los Angeles car dealer in his mid-twenties who is in the middle of an expensive negotiation involving four luxury sports cars. The deal is being threatened by the EPA: if Charlie is unable to meet their requirements he will lose a huge amount of money. The success of the deal seems sure due to a quick bit of deception perpetrated by Charlie and one of his employees.

Charlie then leaves for a weekend trip to Palm Springs with his girlfriend Susanna.Charlies trip is spoiled by the sudden news that his estranged father, Sanford Babbitt, has died. Upon learning of his fathers death, Charlie travels to Cincinnati, Ohio to settle the estate, where he learns an undisclosed person (a trustee) is inheriting $3 million on behalf on an unnamed beneficiary, while he is to receive only a classic Buick Roadmaster convertible and several prize rose bushes. Eventually Charlie learns the money is being directed to a mental institution, and he goes there with his girlfriend, Susanna, to discover why.Childhood joyride and Rain Man In a conversation with Susanna upon arriving at his old home in Cincinnati, Charlie explains the significance of the car ? a yellow 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible. In his teenage years, he was forbidden to drive it; at one point, Charlie brings home a report card "and for once, its almost all As", and asks his father if he can take the car for a spin with his buddies. Sanford Babbitt refuses, but Charlie takes his friends on a joyride anyway. Instead of telling the police that his son had taken the vehicle, his father had reported that it had been stolen.

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Rain Man Cast

• Beth Grant
• Bonnie Hunt
• Dolan Dougherty
• Gerald R. Molen
• Jack Murdock
• John-Michael Dougherty
• Kim Robillard
• Lucinda Jenney
• Marshall Dougherty
• Michael D. Roberts
• Patrick Dougherty
• Ralph Seymour
• Tom Cruise popular
• Valeria Golino