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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."
John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ ʃ ə m /; born February 8, 1955) [1] [2] is an American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers.
It wasn’t until John Grisham’s second novel The Firm caught fire two years later that his first book became a smash hit ... The Rainmaker by John Grisham (1995) The Runaway Jury by John ...
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 ...
TVLine has learned that the basic cabler once regarded as the home to “blue sky” television has given a straight-to-series order to an adaptation of the 1995 John Grisham novel The Rainmaker ...
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A new series based on John Grisham’s 1995 novel “The Rainmaker” and the 1997 film adaptation has been greenlit at the USA Network. Grisham serves as executive producer on the series ...