Rain Man Rain Man Rain Man is a 1988 American comedy-drama road movie directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass. It tells the story of an abrasive, selfish young wheeler-dealer Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant, of whose existence Charlie was unaware. Charlie is left with only his father's car and collection of rose bushes. In addition to the two leads, Valeria Golino stars as Charlie's girlfriend, Susanna. Morrow created the character of Raymond
The Oscar (film) Others consider it most likely to be a burlesque, given the stature of the actors involved (ironically, one of the few things critics liked about the film was Berle, a classic comedian in a dramatic role). Tony Bennett never made another feature film, and later "won" the Golden Turkey Award for "Worst Performance by a Popular Singer". "The Oscar" also marked the near-endpoint of Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse's careers; they each made just one more feature afterwards. The Oscar (film) The Oscar is a 1966 American drama film written by Harlan Ellison, Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse, and Richard Sale,