The Rainmaker

They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.
The Rainmaker (1997)
Timing: 2:15 (135 min)

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$40 000 000
Box office
$45 916 769
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Artist
Howard Cummings, Jeffrey D. McDonald
Audition
Linda Phillips-Palo
Editing
Barry Malkin, Katherine E. Beyda
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Short description

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

What's left behind the scenes

  • Danny DeVito used prosthetic teeth on the set.
  • During filming, Matt Damon gradually gained weight, which he specifically lost for his role in "Courage Under Fire" (1996).
  • The scene in which Danny DeVito’s character wakes up Matt Damon’s character, who had fallen asleep on a bench, was filmed unexpectedly for Damon, as he had actually fallen asleep during the work on this episode.
  • The film is based on John Grisham's novel «The Rainmaker» (1995).
  • Director Francis Ford Coppola instructed Matt Damon to move into his character's apartment to better get into the role. He then secretly inserted several shots into the film taken during Damon's morning awakenings.

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