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Release Date
• USA: Nov 21, 1997
DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 17, 1998
• R2: 9 Apr 2001
Budget $40,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for a strong beating and elements of domestic abuse.
Running Time
2 hours, 15 minutes
Country USA
Studio American Zoetrope, Constellation Films, Paramount
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Other Titles
• The Rainmaker
• John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997)
• Der Regenmacher (1998)
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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Law, Courtroom, Murder
Tagline: They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.
Plot: John Grisham’s THE RAINMAKER is adapted to film in this suspenseful retelling by Francis Ford Coppola. In Memphis, struggling young attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) joins a shady law firm headed by Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke). After the firm comes under investigation, Rudy and fellow employee Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito) start their own practice. While trying to dig up clients, Rudy meets a young spousal abuse victim, Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), and convinces her to leave her husband (Andrew Shue). But Rudy’s biggest case is defending a young man (Johnny Whitworth) dying of leukemia and his mother (Mary Kay Place) against the insurance company who wrongfully denied their claim. Rudy and Deck find that their opposing lawyers, led by Leo Drummond (Jon Voight), have bugged their offices. Despite his inexperience, Rudy cleverly manages to get an undesirable juror (musician Randy Travis in a cameo role) removed from the jury. During testimony Rudy uncovers proof that the insurance company has a practice of denying all claims. As his relationship with Kelly takes a dangerous turn and the trial uncovers more insurance fraud, it seems Rudy must decide between being a good man or being a good lawyer.
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Matt Damon
Saving Private Ryan, Good Will Hunting, Ocean's Eleven |
 | Danny DeVito
L.A. Confidential, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Fish |
 | Claire Danes
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Romeo + Juliet, The Hours |
 | Jon Voight
Heat, Pearl Harbor, Mission: Impossible |
 | Mary Kay Place
Being John Malkovich, Girl, Interrupted, Sweet Home Alabama |
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