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  2. Rain Man - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Kim Peek - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. The Rainmaker (novel) - Wikipedia

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    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."

  5. Barry Levinson - Wikipedia

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    Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. [1] Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). [2] [3] [4] His other best-known works are Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997).

  6. Barry Morrow - Wikipedia

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    Barry Morrow is an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for Rain Man.He is the father of Emmy Award-winning animator, writer, and storyboard artist, Clayton Morrow, and father-in-law of animator and storyboard artist, Cindy Morrow.

  7. Robin Hobb - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952; née Lindholm), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction.As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the Realm of the Elderlings, which comprise the Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies, the Rain Wild Chronicles, and the Fitz and the Fool trilogy.

  8. 5 things you didn't know about 'Rain Man' [Video] - AOL

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  9. Daniel Tammet - Wikipedia

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    Daniel “Danny” Tammet (born Daniel Paul Corney; 31 January 1979) is an English writer and savant.His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, and was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services magazine. [1]