The Rainmaker overview

The Rainmaker

Synopsis:

Francis Ford Coppola is both scripter and director of this drama adapted from the John Grisham novel about broke, inexperienced Memphis law-school graduate Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), ready to take any job he can find. Signing on with slimy Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke), he learns ambulance-chasing tactics from Bruiser's leg man Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito) and meets battered teen Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), abused by her husband (Andrew Shue). Baylor has his own clients -- friendly Miss Birdie (Teresa Wright), who has a large estate to dispose of, and desperate Dot Black (Mary Kay Place), whose son Donnie Ray (Johnny Whitworth) has terminal leukemia.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Francis Ford Coppola
  • Studio: American Zoetrope, Paramount, Constellation Films
  • Year: 1997
  • Run Time: 135 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: PG13 (for a strong beating and elements of domestic abuse)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color