On the interstate, Raymond and Charlie come across a terrible accident where police and rescue are hard at work trying to save lives. Time for a road trip and some quality male-bonding. It puts a huge damper on Charlie’s plan, but he’s got no other choice.

Knowing too much about airline crashes, Raymond panics at the idea, forcing Raymond to abandon air travel. but the severity of Raymond’s condition becomes all too apparent at an Airport.

It’s a no go, and Charlie decides to bring Raymond to L.A. He contacts the mental institution and attempts to gain custody of his brother, but is told that he is not equipped to take care of Raymond. But for Charlie, this is just a parlor trick of sorts as he is far too focused on the money, needing it in order to complete the deal with the Lamborghini’s, which fails as the buyers back out, leaving Charlie in massive debt. Two hundred forty six, because four are still in the carton. He also is able to calculate, with just a glance, exactly the number of toothpicks that have fallen from a box onto the floor. In a diner the next morning, Charlie learns that Raymond, in just one sitting, has memorized the local phonebook, or at least up to letter G. Incapable of taking care of the increasingly very specific needs Raymond demands, Charlie comes across as cruel and insensitive, forcing Susanna to leave, disgusted with how Charlie treats his brother. But Charlie has clearly bitten off more than he can chew, and we’ve already seen that Charlie can take some very big bites. Piled into the Roadmaster, Charlie, Raymond, and Charlie’s girlfriend Susanna ( Valeria Golino) take off and check into a hotel, basically kidnapping the older brother from the home. Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman (United Artists)įrustrated and angry with his father’s final act, he steals Raymond away in hopes of negotiating for what he believes is his deserved half of the inheritance. So, with a little social engineering down at the hall of records, he sweet talks his way into learning the benefactor of the estate, and it turns out he has an institutionalized brother, an autistic savant named Raymond ( Dustin Hoffman) who has great skills for memory retention but is bound by highly strict routines that, if broken, terrify him to the point of screaming panic. Seems he and his father hadn’t seen eye-to-eye, so he gets nothing. Well, not nothing. There’s the 1940 Buick Roadmaster convertible. One day he is importing expensive sports cars, desperately trying to get sale on four Lamborghini’s he bought but can’t move because of EPA regulations, and the next, he’s told his father has died and nearly all of the family’s three million dollar estate is being directed to a mental institution. This is what’s happening to Charlie Babbitt ( Tom Cruise). You’ve lived all this time without knowing him and suddenly, just like that, there he is. Imagine that you just learn that you have a brother you never knew about. Critically acclaimed and an Academy Award winner, it remains one of the most celebrated films of all times. Rain Man is drama about a troubled young man who discovers he’s been denied something he thought he deserved, only to find out a family secret that changes him forever.

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