Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Rain Man is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass.It tells the story of abrasive and selfish wheeler-dealer Charlie Babbitt (), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant whose existence Charlie was unaware of.
The term idiot savant (French for 'learned idiot') was first used to describe the condition in 1887 [24] by John Langdon Down, who is known for his description of Down syndrome. Down described approximately ten cases of youth he had known with unusual mental powers, like "verbal adhesion" (eg. memorizing books read once), photographic memory ...
Idiot Savant: The Savage Life of Ryan Leone, a documentary about Leone's drug addiction and violent lifestyle went into production in the fall of 2017. Jim Uhls, screenwriter of Fight Club, had expressed his desire to be involved in the production of the film. [5] [6]
Idiot savant: A person with extraordinary genius in a narrow area who has a social or developmental disability, often consistent with being somewhere on the autism spectrum. Forrest Gump in the 1986 book Forrest Gump by Winston Groom; Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man; Abed Nadir; Shaun Murphy in the television series The Good Doctor ...
Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant.Known as a "megasavant", [1] [2] [3] he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities.
Nathan Saidden as Johnny, Theo's best friend, an idiot savant, attempting to be the voice of reason at times; Nathan Saidden as Dad; Theo Saidden as Mum; Sasha Sutton as Max, who plays straight man to Theo and Johnny's antics, eventually becoming a police officer before they get him fired
However, the character is not an idiot savant, as in the first book, but more similar to Tom Hanks' "warmhearted dope." [ 3 ] The text intentionally contains grammar and spelling mistakes in order to indicate the character's deficient education and cognitive difficulties, albeit less frequently than its predecessor, reflecting that Forrest is a ...
Joey is something of an Idiot Savant in general, but capable of good ideas when the situation arises; this is alluded to in the episode "The One Where Ross Dates a Student", when Chandler, referring to Joey, says "A hot girl's at stake and suddenly he's Rain Man" when Joey suggested Ross work out who among his students called him the 'hottie of ...