Rain Man - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Rain Man"
Rain Man (1988)
Timing: 2:14 (134 min)
Rain Man - TMDB rating
7.751/10
7027
Rain Man - Kinopoisk rating
8.235/10
413287
Rain Man - IMDB rating
8/10
582000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Photo Mark Johnson #12152Photo Mark Johnson #12153
Mark Johnson
Producer

Executive Producer

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Peter Guber
Executive Producer
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Jon Peters
Executive Producer
Christine Forsyth-Peters
Executive Producer

Casting

Louis DiGiaimo
Casting

Editor

Stu Linder
Editor

Art Direction

William A. Elliott
Art Direction

Costume Design

Bernie Pollack
Costume Design

Production Design

Ida Random
Production Design

Set Decoration

Linda DeScenna
Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Artist
Rick Sharp
Makeup Artist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David J. Hudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mel Metcalfe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Terry Porter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

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Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer

Unit Production Manager

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Gerald R. Molen

Gerald R. Molen
Unit Production Manager

Co-Producer

Associate Producer

David McGiffert
Associate Producer
Gail Mutrux
Associate Producer

Director of Photography

Photo John Seale #9398

John Seale

John Seale
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Kenneth Zunder
Camera Operator
M. Todd Henry
Camera Operator

Supervising Sound Editor

Bill Phillips
Supervising Sound Editor

Script Supervisor

Set Costumer

James W. Tyson
Set Costumer
Sue Moore
Set Costumer

Hairstylist

Joy Zapata
Hairstylist

Still Photographer

Stephen Vaughan
Still Photographer

Sound Mixer

Richard Bryce Goodman
Sound Mixer

Assistant Costume Designer

Marie Boller
Assistant Costume Designer

Thanks

Roger Birnbaum
Thanks
Ken Friedman
Thanks
Ted Bafaloukos
Thanks

Screenplay

Sound Designer

Richard Beggs
Sound Designer

Assistant Editor

Blair Daily
Assistant Editor

Location Manager

Robin Citrin
Location Manager
Jody Hummer
Location Manager

Special Effects

Donald Myers
Special Effects

Story

Music Supervisor

Allan Mason
Music Supervisor

Assistant Director

David McGiffert
Assistant Director
Cherylanne Martin
Assistant Director
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Cara Giallanza
Assistant Director

Music Editor

James Flamberg
Music Editor

Stand In

Lare Roberts
Stand In

Unit Publicist

Ellen Pasternack
Unit Publicist

Sound Recordist

Jay Rifkin
Sound Recordist

Sound Editor

Jeffrey Wilhoit
Sound Editor
Pieter Hubbard
Sound Editor
John A. Larsen
Sound Editor
Hal Sanders
Sound Editor
Bruce Lacey
Sound Editor
Jimmy Ling
Sound Editor

Color Timer

Dale E. Grahn
Color Timer

What's left behind the scenes

  • Raymond appeared quite happy and friendly in the original script, but after the first reading, Dustin Hoffman insisted that his character be a typical autistic person.
  • At one point, Steven Spielberg considered directing the film himself. He even began making notes, preparing to work on the project. However, around that time, George Lucas started working on the third Indiana Jones film, and Spielberg had no choice but to give up 'Rain Man.' He handed over all his notes to Barry Levinson, who then came on board as director.
  • Initially, Dustin Hoffman was supposed to play Charlie Babbitt, but after seeing the autistic savant Leslie Lemke (a blind, intellectually disabled person suffering from cerebral palsy, but capable of playing entire piano concerts by ear) and being moved to tears, he decided to play Raymond.
  • The image of Raymond was a composite, based on the life stories of several well-known autistic individuals with extraordinary abilities.
  • Initially, Dustin Hoffman wanted Bill Murray to play the role of Charlie.
  • The screenplay was written with Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid in mind.
  • Jack Nicholson turned down the role of Raymond.
  • The Saint Anne's convent was used for filming the hospital scene at Wallbrook.
  • Tom Cruise wears sunglasses in the film, the sales of which increased by 15% after the movie's release.
  • During filming, Tom Cruise constantly wanted to rehearse. Together with Hoffman, he rehearsed even in the car on the way to the set, as well as in their trailers. While rehearsing, they often switched roles.
  • When Barry Levinson was first offered to direct this film, he refused. He filmed "Good Morning, Vietnam" in 1987, and only after several directors dropped out of the "Rain Man" project did he take on the work.
  • In the original script, Charlie Babbitt was 56 years old.
  • Raymond says his underwear was bought at "K-Mart" on the corner of Oak and Burnett. In reality, a "Vernon Manor Hotel" is located at that address in Cincinnati. At the beginning of the film, Charlie, Raymond, and Susanna stop at this hotel.
  • At the beginning of the film, when the lawyer reads Charlie the will, Charlie says: “I definitely get the roses, I absolutely get the roses.” Notably, Raymond quite often uses the word “definitely.”
  • During breaks between filming scenes in the casino, Dustin Hoffman gambled. Therefore, the film's producers assigned a special person to watch him while he played in the casino.
  • The airport scene was cut by almost all airlines for screenings during flights. Only Qantas left this episode in.
  • According to Barry Levinson, Ray's remark that Qantas planes never crash was an improvisation by Dustin Hoffman, and he didn't know if it was true. In reality, the airline had recorded 7 plane crashes that occurred before filming began. However, those planes were propeller-driven, not turbine-powered. Ray's statement about Qantas's turbine-powered planes remains true to this day, as, as of early 2007, Qantas had no recorded crashes of turbine-powered aircraft.
  • During filming, Dustin Hoffman was unsure of the film's commercial potential, as well as his own acting. Three weeks after filming began, he told Barry Levinson: “Cast Richard Dreyfuss in this role, or another actor, because this is the worst acting of my career.” However, it was for this role that Dustin received his second Oscar.
  • During filming, Hoffman and Cruise doubted the commercial potential of the film and jokingly called it "Two Losers in a Car".
  • According to reports, "Rain Man" was one of Princess Diana’s favorite films.
  • Ralph Tabakin played small roles in all of Barry Levinson's films between 1982 and 1999.
  • The elderly man in the waiting room, talking about the Pony Express, is Bryon P. Counar, an 89-year-old local who was in the waiting room when the film crew arrived. He began talking about the Pony Express, and Barry Levinson liked his story so much that he immediately offered him a role in the film. Counar's entire monologue was spontaneous and not mentioned in the script.
  • The original script called for the farmer's family to have only two children, however when Katherine Dougherty came to the audition with her six sons, the script was rewritten to include four more children.
  • To prepare for the role, Tom Cruise worked as an orderly in a hospital for autistic people for some time.
  • In the scene where Raymond dances in the elevator with Suzanne, the film "Let's Dance" (1937) is playing on his pocket television.
  • The song that Raymond sang to Charlie is "I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles from their debut album "Please Please Me".
  • In the scene where Raymond is watching the television built into the armchair, as well as in one of the scenes where he is watching his portable mini-television, the TV series "Santa Barbara" (1984-1993) is playing on the screen.
  • The portable television that Raymond carries with him is a real Sony Watchman FD-40A.
  • The episode in which Raymond, after a conversation with a psychiatrist, leans his head towards Charlie and says the words “My main man Charlie,” was not in the script and was entirely improvised by Hoffman. The role of the psychiatrist deciding whether Raymond should stay with Charlie or not was played by the film's director, Barry Levinson, who replaced actor J.T. Walsh.
  • Hoffman insisted that in the finale, Raymond return to the hospital. The actor believed that the writers' idea of leaving Raymond with Charlie would look implausible in the film.
  • In the episode where Raymond catches Charlie and Susanna making love, the film “Sweet Smell of Success” (1957) is shown on television.
  • Jake Hoffman, the boy in the diner where Charlie and Raymond eat pancakes, is Dustin Hoffman's son.
  • The slogan Raymond hears on the radio – “97 ex. Bam! The future of rock and roll” – actually aired on a real radio station, “WOXY” in Ohio.
  • In the scene where Raymond watches television built into the armchair, and also in one of the scenes where he watches his portable mini-television, the soap opera “Santa Barbara” (1984-1993) is playing on the screen.
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