Rain Man (1988)

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Wikidata Q188845, film, IMDb tt0095953, TMDB 380: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Dustin Hoffman as actor (The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame); 6 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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The Big Picture

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Working Girl: 4 lines verdict ×3 industry ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Working Girl → Rain Man. The easy-listening do-over: Working Girl deserved Best Picture over Rain Man.
    “I would have picked working girl over Red Man.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:43:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

Born on the Fourth of July: 2 lines verdict ×1 career ×1

  1. verdict (ranking): Born on the Fourth of July → Rain Man. Two Oscar-bait Cruise films; the hosts prefer Born on the Fourth of July and cut Rain Man despite its Best Picture win.
    “I prefer born over rain man.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:36:50 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Barry Levinson: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Barry Levinson → Rain Man. Levinson's apex is Diner or Rain Man.
    “I would say Rain Man for him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:16:46 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Cocktail: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career balancing): Rain Man → Cocktail. Cruise balanced fluffy Cocktail with a big director and bigger actor in Rain Man; he reportedly steals Rain Man from Hoffman.
    “He, in my opinion, he steals Rayman out from Hoffman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:33:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Gigli: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Gigli → Rain Man. Justin Bartha's Rain Man impression in Gigli is called a nuclear holocaust his career survived.
    “The hangovers Justin Bartha submits a nuclear holocaust of a rainman impression that his career somehow survived.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:10:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Hans Zimmer: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Hans Zimmer → Rain Man. Rain Man was Zimmer's first score.
    “No, he did the score for Rainman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:34:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (ranking): Mission: Impossible – Fallout → Rain Man. Chris likes Fallout a lot more than Rain Man.
    “I like Mission Impossible Fallout a lot more than Rain Man.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:39:04 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Robert Downey Jr.: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (awards-theory): Robert Downey Jr. → Rain Man. Best case for Downey was playing Tom Cruise to Duvall's Dustin Hoffman, supporting the Oscar-bait part.
    “Best case scenario, he's the Tom Cruise to the Dustin Hoffman and Rainman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:24:25 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Steven Spielberg: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (near-miss): Rain Man → Steven Spielberg. Many A-list actors and directors chased the Rain Man script, including Spielberg almost making it with Bill Murray in the Hoffman part.
    “you know, Spielberg almost makes it with Bill Murray in the Hoffman part.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:34:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Tom Cruise: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Rain Man → Tom Cruise. Cruise is good at playing innocent, reaching back to Rain Man and Born on the Fourth of July.
    “Cruz is good at playing innocent.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:31:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Tom Hanks: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Rain Man. Hanks as Charlie Babbitt in Rain Man; the Hanks bad-boy era of Punchline and Bachelor Party.
    “So Hanks is Charlie Babbitt.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:26:01 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career balancing): Rain Man → Cocktail. Cruise balanced fluffy Cocktail with a big director and bigger actor in Rain Man; he reportedly steals Rain Man from Hoffman.
    “He, in my opinion, he steals Rayman out from Hoffman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:33:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Rain Man → Tom Cruise. Cruise is good at playing innocent, reaching back to Rain Man and Born on the Fourth of July.
    “Cruz is good at playing innocent.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:31:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Barry Levinson → Rain Man. Levinson's apex is Diner or Rain Man.
    “I would say Rain Man for him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:16:46 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career arc): Rain Man → Born on the Fourth of July. Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July and The Color of Money are grouped as his Oscar bait run defining an era.
    “was almost like his Oscar bait run.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:40:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Hans Zimmer → Rain Man. Rain Man was Zimmer's first score.
    “No, he did the score for Rainman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:34:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (awards-theory): Robert Downey Jr. → Rain Man. Best case for Downey was playing Tom Cruise to Duvall's Dustin Hoffman, supporting the Oscar-bait part.
    “Best case scenario, he's the Tom Cruise to the Dustin Hoffman and Rainman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:24:25 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Rain Man → Working Girl. Rain Man made around $300 million and was the year's biggest film in a very different era of moviegoing.
    “That movie made like $300 million, and that was a totally different time in movies when Rainman could be the number one box office hit.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:43:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Gigli → Rain Man. Justin Bartha's Rain Man impression in Gigli is called a nuclear holocaust his career survived.
    “The hangovers Justin Bartha submits a nuclear holocaust of a rainman impression that his career somehow survived.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:10:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (near-miss): Rain Man → Steven Spielberg. Many A-list actors and directors chased the Rain Man script, including Spielberg almost making it with Bill Murray in the Hoffman part.
    “you know, Spielberg almost makes it with Bill Murray in the Hoffman part.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:34:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (5)

  1. verdict (verdict): Working Girl → Rain Man. The speakers would give Best Picture to Working Girl over Rain Man.
    “but I would give it to working girl over Rain Man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:45:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Working Girl → Rain Man. Joanna's hot take: Working Girl should have won Best Picture over Rain Man.
    “I had this should have won best picture of Rayman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:27:23 · Joanna Robinson (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (ranking): Born on the Fourth of July → Rain Man. Two Oscar-bait Cruise films; the hosts prefer Born on the Fourth of July and cut Rain Man despite its Best Picture win.
    “I prefer born over rain man.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:36:50 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (ranking): Mission: Impossible – Fallout → Rain Man. Chris likes Fallout a lot more than Rain Man.
    “I like Mission Impossible Fallout a lot more than Rain Man.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:39:04 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): Working Girl → Rain Man. The easy-listening do-over: Working Girl deserved Best Picture over Rain Man.
    “I would have picked working girl over Red Man.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:43:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Rain Man. Hanks as Charlie Babbitt in Rain Man; the Hanks bad-boy era of Punchline and Bachelor Party.
    “So Hanks is Charlie Babbitt.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:26:01 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

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