Rain Man - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Rain Man or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Rain Man

[carl]

The actor that plays Dr. Bruner is the same one who played Dr. Wilhaire (Rowdy Burns' doctor) in Days of Thunder (1990), also starring Tom Cruise.

[jim]

Raymond tells Iris that Charlie's birthday is August 12, 1962. This is actually only forty days off from Tom Cruise's actual birthday of July 3, 1962.

[eli]

The script originally called for two farm kids, but after Catherine Dougherty brought six of her seven sons to audition for the part, the script was re-written to include the six boys. The boys also have an older brother and one younger sister.

[ava]

Ronald Bass' handwritten final re-writes were submitted on the very day that the writer's strike started.

[cassandra]

The film first opened with a disappointing $6 million in revenue. However, in the following weeks, it generated great word of mouth amongst movie viewers, allowing the movie to steadily climb up to the number one slot.

[ken]

The town where Charlie takes Raymond to a doctor is Guthrie, Oklahoma, which can be seen written on a water tower as well as the window of the clinic.

[leo]

Dustin Hoffman was originally hired to play the part of Charlie Babbit, but after being moved to tears seeing a savant named Leslie Lemke (who is blind, mentally handicapped, and has cerebral palsy) play full concertos on the piano by ear, he decided to play the part of Raymond instead.

[nora]

When Dustin Hoffman's Best Actor Oscar was presented to him by Michael Douglas, the words that preceded the announcement of Hoffman's name were, "...and the Oscar goes to..." which, for the first time, had replaced the traditional line, "...and the winner is...", et cetera. The Academy had made the switch for discretionary purposes as well as to avoid the implication that the nominees who did not win were losers, and the practice has been in effect ever since 1989.