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The Rainmaker
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1997 film by Francis Ford Coppola
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7.0Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.
Cast
- Matt Damon as Rudy Baylor
- Claire Danes as Kelly Riker
- Danny DeVito as Deck Shifflet
- Jon Voight as Leo F. Drummond
- Mary Kay Place as Dot Black
- Dean Stockwell as Judge Harvey Hale
Themes
- based on novel or book
- court case
- jurors
- proof
- leukemia
- lawyer
- courtroom
- legal thriller
- inspirational
- dramatic
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
90,256 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Screenplay by
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Based on
- The Rainmaker , 1995 novel, by John Grisham
- Produced by
- Michael Douglas Fred Fuchs Steven Reuther
- Starring
- Matt Damon Claire Danes Jon Voight Mary Kay Place Mickey Rourke Danny DeVito
- Cinematography
- John Toll
- Edited by
- Melissa Kent Barry Malkin
- Music by
- Elmer Bernstein
- Production companies
- American Zoetrope Constellation Films
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- November 21, 1997 ( 1997-11-21 )
- Running time
- 135 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $45.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 135
- FilmAffinity ID
- 520832
Show 3 more facts
- publication date
- 1997-00-00
- title
- The Rainmaker
- review score
- 72/100
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The Rainmaker is a 1997 American legal drama film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on John Grisham's 1995 novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider, Virginia Madsen, and Teresa Wright in her final film role.
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