Rain Man (1988)
Actors:
Beth Grant (actress),
Peter Guber (producer),
Valeria Golino (actress),
Chris Mulkey (actor),
Lucinda Jenney (actress),
Lynne Marie Stewart (actress),
Archie Hahn (actor),
Dustin Hoffman (actor),
Barry Levinson (actor),
Ray Baker (actor),
Royce D. Applegate (actor),
Bonnie Hunt (actress),
Tom Cruise (actor),
Jon Peters (producer),
Mark Johnson (producer),
Plot: Charles Sanford "Charlie" Babbit is a self-centered Los Angeles-based automobile dealer/hustler/bookie who is at war with his own life. Charlie, as a young teenager, used his father's 1948 Buick convertible without permission and as a result, he went to jail for two days on account that his father reported it stolen. It is then that Charlie learns that his estranged father died and left him from his last will and testament a huge bed of roses and the car while the remainder will of $3 Million goes into a trust fund to be distributed to someone. Charlie seemed pretty angry by this and decides to look into this matter. It seems as if that "someone" is Raymond, Charlie's unknown brother, an autistic savant who lives in a world of his own, resides at the Walbrook Institute. Charlie then kidnaps Raymond and decides to take him on a lust for life trip to the west coast as a threat to get the $3 Million inheritance. Raymond's acts and nagging, including repeated talks of "Abbott & Costello", "Four minutes till Wapner" and refusal to fly on an airline except Quantas drives Charlie insane... and out of his selfish world into a cross-country trek of pure love and understanding that these two both have.
Keywords: airport, antique-car, anxiety, apology, autism, autistic-savant, bankruptcy, baseball, bathtub, blackjack-game
Genres:
Drama,
Quotes:
[Raymond is about to go back to Walbrook on a train. He and Charlie are saying goodbye]::Raymond: Very shiny train.::Charlie: Yeah, sure is.
Charlie: Rain Man.::Raymond: Yeah?::Charlie: Let's play some cards!::Raymond: Yeah.
Charlie: When I was a little kid and I got scared, the Rain Man would come and sing to me.::Susanna: Rain what?::Charlie: Oh you know, one of those imaginary childhood friends.::Susanna: What happened to him?::Charlie: Nothing, I just grew up.::Susanna: Not so much.
Susanna: You use me, you use Raymond, you use everybody.::Charlie: Using Raymond? Hey Raymond, am I using you? Am I using you Raymond?::Raymond: Yeah.::Charlie: Shut up! He is answering a question from a half hour ago!
[Repeated line]::Raymond: I'm an excellent driver.
Charlie: Listen... Ray, I don't know if I'm gonna have a chance to talk to you again. Because you see, these... Dr. Bruner really likes you a lot, and he's probably gonna take you back. You know?::Raymond: Yeah.::Charlie: What I said about being on the road with you I meant. Connecting. I like having you for my brother.::Raymond: I'm an excellent driver.::Charlie: [smiling] Yes, you are. I like having you for my big brother.::Raymond: C-H-A-R-L-I-E. C-H-A-R-L-I-E. Main man.
Charlie: I just realized I'm not pissed off anymore. My father cut me out of his will. You probably knew he tried to contact me over the years. I never called him back. I was a prick. If he was my son and didn't return my calls, I'd have written him out. But it's not about the money anymore. You know, I just don't understand. Why didn't he tell me I had a brother? Why didn't anyone ever tell me that I had a brother? Because it'd have been nice to know him for more than just the past six days.
Dr. Bruner: Raymond's unable to make decisions.::Charlie: You're wrong.::Dr. Bruner: He can't decide for himself.::Charlie: He's capable of a lot more than you know!
[Raymond has jumped in the car with Susanna]::Charlie: Hey, who is this guy?::Susanna: He just jumped in the car.::Charlie: Yeah well he can jump out. Come on!::Raymond: I'm an excellent driver.::Charlie: That's good. Come on! Susanna, why'd you let him get in this car? It's not a toy.::Susanna: He says he drives this car.::Raymond: Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway every Saturday. 'Course the seats were originally brown leather now they're a pitiful red.::Charlie: [surprised] Hey, these seats were brown leather. You know this car?::Raymond: I know this car.::Charlie: How do you know this car?::Raymond: It's a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Straight 8. Fireball 8. Only 8,985 production models. Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway. But not on Monday, definitely not on Monday.::Charlie: Who's your dad?::Raymond: Sanford Babbitt. 10961 Beachcrest Street, Cincinnati Ohio.::Charlie: That's my address. Hey, who's your mother?::Raymond: Eleanor Babbitt. Died January 5, 1965 after short and sudden illness.::Charlie: Who the hell are you?::Raymond: Uh oh, fifteen minutes to Judge Wapner.::[Raymond proceeds back to Walbrook, ignoring Charlie]::Charlie: Wait, I wanna ask you a question! Hey! Dr. Bruner, who is he?::Dr. Bruner: Raymond is your brother.
[last lines]::[Raymond is boarding a train back to Walbrook]::Raymond: 'Course, three minutes to Wapner.::Charlie: You'll make it.::Raymond: Yeah.
