Rain man / United Artists presents a Gruber-Peters Company production ; story by Barry Morrow ; screenplay by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow ; produced by Mark Johnson ; directed by Barry Levinson.

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A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar inheritance, he kidnaps the autistic brother he never knew he had, and takes him on the ride of his l...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rain man (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Main Author: Zimmer, Hans (Composer)
Corporate Authors: United Artists Corporation
Guber-Peters Company
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: Hoffman, Dustin, 1937-
Cruise, Tom, 1962-
Golino, Valeria
Johnson, Mark, 1945 December 27- (Producer)
Levinson, Barry (Director)
Morrow, Barry (Screenwriter)
Bass, Ronald (Screenwriter)
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned.
Published: [Santa Monica, Calif.] : MGM Home Entertainment, [2004], ©2004.
Edition:Special edition, widescreen.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Autism > Drama.
Brothers > United States > Drama.
Brothers > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > Drama.
Autismo > Teatro.
Hermanos (Varones) > Teatro.
7.150.
Autism.
Brothers.
Swindlers and swindling.
United States.
Feature films > United States.
Drama.
Road films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films
Road films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Rainman.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar inheritance, he kidnaps the autistic brother he never knew he had, and takes him on the ride of his life.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
Special features include: deleted scene (2 min.); original featurette (7 min.); audio commentaries by director Barry Levinson, screenwriter Ronald Bass, and screenwriter Barry Morrow; photo gallery; original theatrical trailer (3 min.).
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ4 D0035980 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1988: Best Picture; Best Actor in a Leading Role (Dustin Hoffman); Best Director (Barry Levinson); Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) (Screenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow).
Golden Globe Awards, 1989: Best Motion Picture - Drama; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (Dustin Hoffman).
ISBN:0792859677
9780792859673
079286493X
9780792864936
Credits:Executive producers, Peter Gruber and Jon Peters ; music by Hans Zimmer.
System Details:DVD; DVD, region 1, NTSC; dual-layer; widescreen 1.85:1; Dolby 5.1 stereo surround.
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino.