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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.
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.
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 similarly mid-budget [5] comedy drama and drama films such as Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997).
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Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-wee, and Hot Shots!, where she performed the "olive-in-the-belly-button" scene.
In addition to Rain Man, their diverse slate of features includes Good Morning, Vietnam, The Natural, Tin Men, Toys, Young Sherlock Holmes, Avalon, Diner (their 1982 debut project, for which Levinson's screenplay garnered an Oscar nomination) and Bugsy, which was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
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. He was the inspiration for the character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 movie Rain Man.
The list given on the website is incorrect: it lists "What’s Eating Gilbert Grape" as a movie containing an autistic character. The list is clearly an individual's personal list of movies, not a general consensus that Rain Man is one of the best movies on the subject of autism. 86.159.106.234 11:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)