A journey through understanding and fellowship.
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, spare and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Dustin HoffmanRaymond Babbitt
- Tom CruiseCharlie Babbitt
- Valeria GolinoSusanna
- Gerald R. MolenDr. Bruner
- Jack MurdockJohn Mooney
- Michael D. RobertsVern
- Ralph SeymourLenny
- Lucinda JenneyIris
- Bonnie HuntSally Dibbs
- Kim RobillardSmall Town Doctor
Crew
- Barry LevinsonDirector
- Ronald BassScreenplay
- Barry MorrowScreenplay
- John SealeDirector of Photography
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Stu LinderEditor
- Mark JohnsonProducer
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Pairings
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