‘Rain Man’ Will Be Back in Theaters for a Very Limited Time Ahead of Its 35th Anniversary
The acclaimed, Best Picture Oscar-winning comedy/drama road film Rain Man — led by Best Actor Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise — premiered in theaters Dec. 16, 1988. A few months ahead of its 35th anniversary, it will be re-released in theaters for an extremely limited time, with an exclusive introduction from film critic Leonard Maltin.
Fathom Events is bringing Rain Man back as part of its Big Screen Classics series on Sunday, Sept. 17, and Wednesday, Sept. 20. You can check availability in your area at this link; in my area, it was in select theaters at only one time on each of those days, so this re-release seems to be even more limited than others have been.
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Helmed by Best Director Oscar winner Barry Levinson, and with an Oscar-winning screenplay by Ron Bass and Barry Morrow, Rain Man follows a man named Charlie (Cruise), who discovers that he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Hoffman) and is taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? Raymond first pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience and then pulls him completely out of his self-centered world. And what began as an unsentimental journey for the brothers becomes so much more.
Along with its four Oscar wins, the film received four other nominations, including for its original score by Hans Zimmer.
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