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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.
Nov 21, 1997 · A young lawyer (Matt Damon) takes on a corrupt insurance company in this adaptation of John Grisham's novel. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Francis Ford Coppola
- 1997-11-21
The Rainmaker is a 1995 novel by John Grisham, [1] his sixth. [2] Plot. The book's title is derived from a lawyer who wins spectacular cases and winning huge sums in damages being called "a rainmaker". The book's protagonist dreams of becoming such a "rainmaker" - which comes true, but not exactly in the way he expected.
Find out who starred in the film adaptation of John Grisham's novel The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. See the full list of actors, producers, writers, composers, and more on IMDb.
Nov 21, 1997 · Rudy Baylor, the hero of "The Rainmaker,'' works the other end of the scale from the legal superpowers in most of John Grisham's stories. He's 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 ...
A legal drama based on John Grisham's novel, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Matt Damon, Claire Danes, and Jon Voight. The film follows a young lawyer who takes on a corrupt insurance company and a violent husband.
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- Drama
- PG-13
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InThe Rainmaker, John Grisham tells the story of a young man barely out of law school who finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam.
