
The Rainmaker (1997)
7.0|18 Nov, 1997|135 min
They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.
7.0|18 Nov, 1997|135 min
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Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.
Language
Budget$40,000,000
Revenue $45,916,769
English
Budget$40,000,000
Revenue $45,916,769
Keywords
court case
jurors
proof
leukemia
lawyer
courtroom
legal thriller
inspirational
dramatic
Casts

Matt Damon
Rudy Baylor

Claire Danes
Kelly Riker

Danny DeVito
Deck Shifflet

Jon Voight
Leo F. Drummond

Mary Kay Place
Dot Black

Dean Stockwell
Judge Harvey Hale

Mickey Rourke
Bruiser Stone

Danny Glover
Richter Tyrone Kipler

Virginia Madsen
Jackie Lemancyzk

Randy Travis
Billy Porter

Roy Scheider
Wilfred Keeley

Red West
Buddy Black

Johnny Whitworth
Donny Ray Black

Andrew Shue
Cliff Riker

Teresa Wright
Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
Wayne Emmons
Prince Thomas
Adrian Roberts
Butch
Michael Girardin
Everett Lufkin
Randall King
Jack Underhall

Justin Ashforth
F. Franklin Donaldson

Michael Keys Hall
B. Bobby Hall
James Cunningham
J. Michael Floquet

Frank Clem
Mr. Van Landel

Alan Woolf
Kermit Aldy

Sonny Shroyer
Delbert Birdsong
Pamela Tice Chapman
Vera Birdsong
John Yancey
Homicide Detective
Crews

Francis Ford Coppola
Director

Francis Ford Coppola
Screenplay

Michael Herr
Screenplay

John Grisham
Novel

Michael Douglas
Producer

Fred Fuchs
Producer
Steven Reuther
Producer

John Toll
Director of Photography
Barry Malkin
Editor
David Leonard
Grip

Jason White
Extras Casting Assistant

Georgia Kacandes
Co-Producer

Andy Gill
Stunts
Richard Drown
Stunts

Steve Picerni
Stunts

Scott Wilder
Stunts

Georgia Kacandes
Unit Production Manager
Gary Marcus
First Assistant Director
David Kelley
Second Assistant Director

Roman Coppola
Second Unit Director
Gary Marcus
Associate Producer
Katherine E. Beyda
Production Supervisor
Melissa Kent
Co-Editor
Jeffrey D. McDonald
Assistant Art Director
Brick Mason
Storyboard Artist
Jeffrey Kushon
Leadman
Mike Thomas
First Assistant Camera
Chris Toll
Second Assistant Camera
Nelson Stoll
Sound Mixer
Scott Kinzey
Boom Operator
Kathy Orloff
Unit Publicist
Eileen McCahill
Set Costumer
Daniela Moore
Set Costumer
Susan Thomas
Costume Assistant
Jeffrey Paul Johnson
Assistant Property Master
Scott Elias
Location Manager
Megan B. Agosto
Assistant Editor
E. Larry Oatfield
Dialogue Editor
Roy Waldspurger
First Assistant Sound Editor
Erich Stratmann
Apprentice Sound Editor
Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Semanick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Zydel
ADR Mixer
Bob Baron
ADR Mixer
David McDonald
ADR Recordist
Douglas Murray
ADR Recordist

Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
David Betancourt
Foley Mixer

Alicia Stevenson
Foley Artist

Dawn Fintor
Foley Artist
Emilie A. Bernstein
Orchestrator

James Plannette
Chief Lighting Technician
Nick Thomas
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Ben Beaird
First Company Grip
Jeff Kunkle
Dolly Grip
Darryl Wilson
Grip
Mads Hansen
Assistant Production Coordinator
Christopher Gray
Extras Casting
David Sousa
Animal Wrangler
Dennis W. Milliken
Transportation Coordinator
Lee Stepp
Transportation Captain

Robert D. Yeoman
Second Unit Director of Photography
Michael Amundson
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Negative Cutter
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Phil Hetos
Color Timer

Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer

Gary Archer
Prosthetics

Linda Phillips-Palo
Casting
Howard Cummings
Production Design
Bob Shaw
Art Direction
Barbara Munch
Set Decoration

Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design

Lois Burwell
Makeup Artist
Patricia Grande
Hairstylist

Whitney James
Makeup Artist
Arturo Rojas
Hairstylist
David Becton
Greensman
Eugene McCarthy
Property Master
Scott P. Murphy
Set Designer
Thomas Michael Ryan
Construction Foreman
Jeffrey Schlatter
Construction Coordinator
Phillipa Sledge
Art Department Coordinator
Kim B. Christensen
Sound Effects Editor
Clare C. Freeman
ADR Editor
Michael Kirchberger
Supervising Sound Editor
Bruce Lacey
ADR Editor

Mark Levinson
Supervising ADR Editor
Tim O'Shea
Foley Editor
Jennifer L. Ware
Sound Effects Editor

Jack Gill
Stunt Coordinator
Paul C. Babin
Camera Operator
Phillip V. Caruso
Still Photographer
Winnie D. Brown
Costume Supervisor
Jennifer Jobst
Key Set Costumer
Kathy Durning
Music Editor
Laura Tateishi
Production Coordinator

Barbara Anne Klein
Stunts

Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Guy Clayton
Special Effects Coordinator
David A. Cohen
Dialogue Editor
Dianna Stirpe
Dialogue Editor
Joe Crowley
Chief Lighting Technician
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