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The Rainmaker

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The Rainmaker
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PG13,2hrs 15min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
November 20, 1997
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight  ...more
Synopsis: Francis Ford Coppola is both scripter and director of this drama adapted from the John Grisham novel about broke, inexperienced Memphis law-school graduate Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), ready to take any job he can find. Signing on with slimy Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke), he learns ambulance-chasing tactics from Bruiser's leg man Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito) and meets battered teen Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), abused by her husband (Andrew Shue). Baylor has his own clients -- friendly Miss Birdie ( Full Synopsis
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Robert Firsching
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Matt Damon shines as a naive young Memphis lawyer whose first few cases teach him a great deal about ethics in this well-done adaptation of the John Grisham novel. Damon falls for an abused woman (Claire Danes), helps an elderly widow re-write her will, and -- in the story's central case -- takes on a team of fatcat lawyers (headed by superbly smarmy Jon Voight) representing a crooked insurance company. ... Full Review
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Matt Damon
Rudy Baylor
Claire Danes
Kelly Riker
Jon Voight
Leo F. Drummond
Mary Kay Place
Dot Black
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