What is Rain Man?
{{italictitle}} '''''Rain Man''''' is a 1988 [[United States|American]] [[drama movie]]. It was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Barry Levinson]] and [[movie producer|produced]] by [[Mark Johnson (producer)|Mark Johnson]]. It was [[screenwriter|written]] by [[Barry Morrow]] and [[Ronald Bass]]. It stars [[Tom Cruise]] as Charlie Babbitt and [[Dustin Hoffman]] as his older [[brother]] Raymond Babbitt. Charlie is a [[Narcissistic personality disorder|narcissist]] who is a dealer of new cars in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He hears of his father's death and is told that the vast majority of the estate has been left to Raymond, whom he cannot remember. Raymond is an [[autism|autistic]] [[savant syndrome|savant]], who has an [[eidetic memory]] but is incapable of looking after himself. He has lived in an [[institution]] in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] for about twenty years. Charlie drives Raymond to [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] where Raymond uses his skill at [[card counting|counting cards]] to win money in [[card game]]s. They then go on to Los Angeles. During the journey, Charlie changes his feelings towards Raymond from being [[resentment|resentful]] to being [[care|caring]] and [[protective]]. Raymond lacks understanding of the world and requires 24 hour care, which Charlie cannot provide, so Raymond returns to his institution. Rain Man won an [[Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award]]. The movie was [[inspiration|inspired]] by the life of savant [[Kim Peek]] (1951–2009). == Other websites == *{{imdb title|0095953}} {{movie-stub}} [[Category:1988 movies]] [[Category:1980s drama movies]] [[Category:1980s road movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:American road movies]] [[Category:Autism in fiction]] [[Category:Best Picture Oscar]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:Golden Globe Award winning movies]] [[Category:Las Vegas in fiction]] [[Category:Movies set in Las Vegas]] [[Category:Movies set in Los Angeles]] [[Category:Narcissism in fiction]] [[Category:Ohio in fiction]] [[Category:Mov