The Rainmaker (1997)
- Starring:
- Matt Damon, Claire Danes, (more)
- Director(s):
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Rainmaker
Francis Ford Coppola is both scripter and director of this drama adapted from the John Grisham novel about broke, inexperienced Memphis law-school graduate Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), ready to take any job he can find. Signing on with slimy Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke), he learns ambulance-chasing tactics from Bruiser's leg man Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito) and meets battered teen Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), abused by her husband (Andrew Shue). Baylor has his own clients -- friendly Miss Birdie (Teresa Wright), who has a large estate to dispose of, and desperate Dot Black (Mary Kay Place), whose son Donnie Ray (Johnny Whitworth) has terminal leukemia. Medical intervention could have spared his life, but the Great Benefit Insurance Company denied coverage, preventing Donnie Ray from getting a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Rudy finds a place to live in the apartment behind Miss Birdie's house. Deck and Rudy split from Bruiser to start their small firm. When they take on the Blacks' case, they go up against the insurance company's high-priced law firm and are continually thwarted by slick lawyer Leo F. Drummond (Jon Voight). Rudy's voiceover narration was scripted by Michael Herr. Filmed on location in Memphis. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 135 mins
Complete Cast of The Rainmaker
- Matt Damon - Rudy Baylor
- Jon Voight - Leo F. Drummond
- Mickey Rourke - Bruiser Stone
- Dean Stockwell - Judge Harvey Hale
- Virginia Madsen - Jackie Lemancyzk
- Red West - Buddy Black
- Wayne Emmons - Prince Thomas
- Roy Scheider - Wilfred Keeley
- Michael Girardin - Everett Lufkin
- Justin Ashforth - F. Franklin Donaldson
- Danny Glover - Judge Tyrone Kipler (uncredited)
- Claire Danes - Kelly Riker
- Mary Kay Place - Dot Black
- Danny DeVito - Deck Schifflet
- Teresa Wright - Miss Birdie
- Andrew Shue - Cliff Riker
- Johnny Whitworth - Donny Ray Black
- Adrian Roberts - Butch
- Randy Travis - Billy Porter
- Randall King - Jack Underhall
- Michael Keys Hall - B. Bobby Shaw
- Michael Herr - Narration
- Director(s):
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Writer(s):
- Francis Ford Coppola, Bob Yeoman
- Producer(s):
- Steven E. Reuther, Fred Fuchs, Michael Douglas
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Situations, Violence, Questionable for Children)
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