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The Rainmaker is a 1997 American legal drama film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on John Grisham's 1995 novel of the same name.It stars Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider, Virginia Madsen, and Teresa Wright in her final film role.
The Los Angeles Times called the book "an indictment of the legal system from law school to the jury’s verdict." [2] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "if The Rainmaker’s outcome is a bit predictable, Grisham’s vivid minor characters and near-Dickensian zeal for mocking pomposity and privilege are apt to endear him to his many readers all over again."
Milo Callaghan has been cast as the series lead in “The Rainmaker” at USA Network. The show was originally picked up at the cabler back in June and is based on the iconic John Grisham novel of ...
John Slattery has been cast in a lead role of “The Rainmaker” series at USA Network. The show was originally picked up at the cabler back in June and is based on the iconic John Grisham novel ...
The Rainmaker has found the actor to fill Matt Damon’s shoes. ... will play the lead role in USA Network’s upcoming adaptation of the bestselling John Grisham novel, our sister site Variety ...
Grisham, the second of five children, was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Wanda (née Skidmore) and John Ray Grisham. [6] His father was a construction worker and a cotton farmer, and his mother was a homemaker. [10] When Grisham was four years old, his family settled in Southaven, Mississippi, near Memphis, Tennessee. [6]
Well, I’d call this an upgrade. Lana Parrilla has joined the cast of USA Network’s adaptation of John Grisham’s The Rainmaker, in a version of the role played in the 1997 film by Mickey Rourke.
He took a supporting role in The Rainmaker, adopted from the John Grisham novel and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He played an unscrupulous lawyer representing an insurance company, facing off with a neophyte lawyer played by Matt Damon. His last film of 1997 was Boys Will Be Boys, a family comedy directed by Dom DeLuise.