Rain man / United Artists Pictures, Inc.
Charlie Babbitt is a callous, self-centered young hustler who feels cheated out of his $3 million dollar inheritance. He discovers he has a brother, Raymond, an autistic savant living in a world devoid of normal perception. Charlie abducts Raymond, and what begins as an unsentimental journey across...
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| Language: | English |
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Culver City, Calif. :
MGM/UA Home Video, Inc.,
1989.
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| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (LaserVision, 134 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
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Charlie Babbitt is a callous, self-centered young hustler who feels cheated out of his $3 million dollar inheritance. He discovers he has a brother, Raymond, an autistic savant living in a world devoid of normal perception. Charlie abducts Raymond, and what begins as an unsentimental journey across the country evolves into a mystical odyssey of love and self- revelation as Raymond forces Charlie to grow beyond the limits of his own handicapped heart. |
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| Note: | Extended play. Videodisc release of a 1988 motion picture. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | PN1997 .R35 1989 Video (12 inch) disc |
| Credits: | Director, Barry Levinson ; producer, Mark Johnson ; screenplay, Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow ; director of photography, John Seale ; music, Hans Zimmer. |
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Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Jerry Molen, Jack Murdock, Michael D. Roberts. |