Rain Man as inaugurating a common but mistaken media stereotype that people on the autism spectrum typically have savant skills, and references to "Rain Man", in particular Dustin Hoffman's performance, have become a popular shorthand for autism and savantism. Conversely, "Rain Man" has also been seen as "dispelling" a number of other misconceptions about autism, and improving public awareness of the failure of many agencies to accommodate autistic people and make use of the abilities they do have, regardless of whether they have savant skills or not. The film is also known for popularizing the misconception that card counting is illegal in
The Man Who Surprised Everyone The Man Who Surprised Everyone The Man Who Surprised Everyone () is a Russian film-drama directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natalya Merkulova, shot according to their own script in 2018. Member for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section of 75th Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Russia entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards Siberian huntsman Yegor is an exemplary family man and a man respected in his village. He and his wife Natalya are waiting for their second child. Suddenly, Yegor learns that he is incurably sick, and that he has only