Matt damon is one of the major actors that starred in the movie rainmaker. A broke, inexperienced lawschool grad takes on a huge. Accolades edit nominations blockbuster entertainment awards. Watch the rainmaker online stream full movie directv. The rainmaker is a 1997 american legal drama film based on john grishams 1995 novel of the same name, and written and directed by francis ford coppola. It stars matt damon, danny devito, danny glover, claire danes, jon voight, roy scheider, mickey rourke, virginia madsen, mary kay place and teresa wright in her final film role. Webb, and released by 20th century fox on november 15, 1956.
The rainmaker is a 1956 american romance film directed by joseph anthony. Released 1997, john grishams the rainmaker stars matt damon, claire danes, jon voight, mary kay place the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 15 min, and received a. The rainmaker ran for 164 performances in the 19541955. She played allison rowe, a secretary in the comedy film hot to trot 1988. Francis ford coppola directs and scripts an exciting, starpacked adaptation of john grishams novel about an idealistic young attorney who takes on the case of. In this film, burt lancaster stars as a confidence artist who works the droughtridden southwest, promising to bring rain for a flat fee of a hundred bucks. The rainmaker 1997 film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. The rainmaker is a 1956 american romance film directed by joseph anthony and adapted by n. Madsen appeared in a small role in the francis ford coppola drama the rainmaker 1997 alongside matt damon and claire danes.
John grisham celebrity profile check out the latest john grisham photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The rainmaker critics consensus invigorated by its talented cast and francis ford coppolas strong direction, the rainmaker is a satisfying legal drama. Matt damon does not have nearly the charisma to pull off the starring role. With casting by fred roos that is a show in itself, the film also features teresa wright as a spirited old lady who becomes a mentor to rudy, virginia madsen as a dramatic surprise witness in. It played in many uk cinemas in the 70s and 80s as. John grishams the rainmaker cast and crew tv guide. Trivia after matt damon was cast in this movie, harvey weinstein then really wanted to get good will hunting made, since damon being cast as rudy baylor validated the fact that matt damon was a leading man. The rainmaker 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Invigorated by its talented cast and francis ford coppolas strong direction, the. Entering into a shady law practice, rudy baylor damon is given the benefit of his boss mickey rourke experience only on the condition that. Burt lancaster stars with katharine hepburn in the. The rainmaker 1956 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Hes a poor kid who has scraped through law school by the skin of his teeth, is living in his car as the film begins and signs on with a firm where most of the work is done by a paralegal, and the boss wears the kinds of cuff links. It stars bruce willis, joseph gordonlevitt and emily blunt.
The trial judge, who in the book is extremely helpful to rudy, is replaced in the film by a sympathetic but much more impartial figure. Danny devito, jon voight, mary kay place, matt damon, virginia madsen, claire danes official content from paramount home. They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime but every underdog has his day. James berardinelli also gave the film three stars out of four, saying that the intelligence and subtlety of the rainmaker took me by surprise and that the film stands above any other filmed grisham adaptation. When the rainmaker came to hollywood it was decided to get a couple of movie star names with some box office draw to replace the broadway leads of darren mcgavin and geraldine page. When the insurance company of dot black mary kay place refuses her dying son coverage, baylor and shifflet team up to fight the corrupt corporation, taking on its callous lawyer jon voight. Love me tender is a 1956 american blackandwhite musical western cinemascope film directed by robert d. Roger ebert gave the film three and a half stars out of four. Rudy baylor, the hero of the rainmaker, works the other end of the scale from the legal superpowers in most of john grishams stories. Looper is a 2012 american science fiction action film written and directed by rian johnson, and produced by ram bergman and james d.
The film does not come close to showing the depth of the characters and plot of the book, nor the tension as the court case unfolds. Why was danny glover uncredited in the rainmaker answers. Chico the rainmaker was a 7part english tv series made by the childrens film foundation. Struggling new attorney rudy baylor matt damon resorts to working for a shady lawyer mickey rourke, where he meets paralegal deck shifflet danny devito. This competent, anonymous legal drama scripted by michael herr is the best john grisham adaptation yet. As presleys movie debut, it was the only time in his acting career that he did not receive top billing. If you want to answer the questions, who starred in the movie the rainmaker.
Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of john grishams the rainmaker with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. It stars matt damon, danny devito, danny glover, claire danes, jon voight, roy scheider, mickey rourke, virginia madsen, mary kay place and teresa. It was broadcast on pbs in the usa, and cbc in canada. The rainmaker 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film, named after the song, stars richard egan, debra paget, and elvis presley in his acting debut. It starred katharine hepburn as lizzie curry, an unhappy spinster living on a droughtstricken, 19 kansas farm with her father and two brothers. Great film, quite hard hitting in terms of both content and subject matter regretably not a million miles from the truth, preregulation era of the insurance industry but the correct outcome in the end. The rainmaker is a fantastic book, which shows great insight into the life of a rooky lawyer.
She also starred as helen lyle in the horror film candyman 1992. The film focuses on a young attorney rudy baylor matt damon. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the rainmaker with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Reviewed in the united states on september 15, 2016.
It stars burt lancaster, katharine hepburn, wendell corey, lloyd bridges and earl holliman. He goes to work for a sleazy bar owner being investigated by the fbi for racketeering. Enter starbuck, a flamboyant con man, played to the hilt by burt lancaster, who was born to inhabit such roles. Matt damon stars as a precocious trainee lawyer in this francis ford coppola adaptation of john grishams novel. Directed by francis ford coppola the rainmaker on imdb. The film starred matt damon and was based on a work by john grisham. The film tells the story of a middleaged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff. In the rainmaker, based on the novel by john grisham, southern upstart rudy baylor matt damon, fresh out of law school, is polite, vulnerable and tenderhearted. Starring matt damon, danny devito, and claire danes. Starbuck is cousin to elmer gantry, the crimson pirate, and other athletic extroverts that created lancasters largerthanlife screen persona, and lancaster plays to this image in the rainmaker. The rainmaker 1956 the rainmaker began as a 1953 teleplay by n. The next year, nash turned his story into a broadway hit, and two years after that the film version was born.
It revolves around presentday contract killers called loopers hired by criminal syndicates from the future to terminate victims whom they send back through time. Danny devito is another one of the major actors that starred in the movie rainmaker. Holliman won a golden globe award for his performance. Francis ford coppola, who wrote and directed the film, has made the most of grishams groundlevel realism. In march 1956, elvis flew to hollywood for a screentest. And the dough could use butter where grisham has used crisco. He memorised and performed a scene from the rainmaker, which was about to start filming. As the case progresses, the young legal eagle finds he has much to learn about the dark side of the judicial process.
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