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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.
John Grisham, Francis Ford Coppola The Rainmaker has to be good! A story about an aspiring young lawyer who tries to break down an insurance company, Matt Damon plays Rudy Baylor, a Memphis St. Law School graduate who can't seem to find a job anywhere, until he meets "Bruiser" Stone (Mickey Rourke).
With Stone's firm about to be raided by the police and the FBI, Rudy and Deck set up their own practice and file suit on behalf of the Blacks, whose leukemia -stricken son, Donny Ray, could have been saved by a bone marrow transplant for which his identical twin brother is a perfect match.
Nov 21, 1997 · The Rainmaker. Crime. 137 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 1997. Roger Ebert. November 21, 1997. 4 min read. 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.
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.
Struggling new attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) resorts to working for a shady lawyer (Mickey Rourke), where he meets paralegal Deck Shifflet (Danny DeVito).
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John Grisham's The Rainmaker. 1997 · 2 hr 16 min. PG-13. Crime · Drama · Thriller. It’s good vs.cold corruption in this legal thriller as a rookie lawyer joins with a legal misfit against ruthless legal sharks in a high-profile case. Subtitles: English.
