3 video-on-demand sites, namely Netflix, Amazon and iTunes offer the Oscar-winning movie Rain Man. We have collected together some interesting information about 1988's Rain Man for you. At the end of the article you can find the list of sites where you can stream this movie from, and their prices.
1988 was a great year at the Oscars. In 1988, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave the Oscar statuette to the producers of Rain Man for the Best Picture award. A total number of 4 Oscars were awarded to that movie, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.
Did you know that Barry Fitzgerald was nominated as both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his same role in "Going My way," in 1944? The Oscars have been handed out to outstanding movies and performances for more than 85 years. The Best Picture Oscar is regarded as the most important award at the Academy Awards.
According to Wikipedia, the movie Rain Man can be described like this:
Rain Man is a 1988 American comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond, an autistic savant whose existence Charlie was unaware of. In addition to the two...
Some members of the cast of Rain Man were:
- Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt
- Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt
- Valeria Golino as Susanna
- Lucinda Jenney as Iris
- Michael D. Roberts as Vern
- Bonnie Hunt as Sally Dibbs
- Jack Murdock as John Mooney
- Gerald R. Molen as Dr. Bruner
Rain Man has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 90%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 90%. Here is what Desmond Ryan from Philadelphia Inquirer has said about the movie Rain Man:
Everything about the acting and direction of Rain Man is so exquisitely calibrated and so right that it's all too easy to forget how much could have gone wrong.
You can also go to IMDB for more information about the movie.
Rain Man won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman for his role as Raymond Babbitt at the 61st Academy Awards in 1988
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 61st Academy Awards in 1988
- Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 61st Academy Awards in 1988
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 61st Academy Awards in 1988
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman for his role as Raymond Babbitt at the 46th Golden Globe Awards in 1988
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 46th Golden Globe Awards in 1988
According to Findable.TV, Rain Man can be watched online at 3 sources. In the UK, some of the options for watching this movie online are as follows.
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For up-to-date information about availability of the movie, go to Findable.TV's special page for Rain Man, and compare prices from all sites.
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