1. Rainman
In the movie "Rainman", Dustin Hoffman played the part of Raymond Bobbitt, a young man with autism. Tom Cruise played the part of Charlie Bobbitt, Raymond's younger brother. Raymond was institutionalized At Walbrook when Charlie was only two years old. His name was never mentioned while Charlie was growing up and he never knew he had a brother. .
At the age of sixteen, Charlie had asked to use his father's '49 Buick convertible and was refused. Therefore, Charlie took the convertible without permission. Finding the car gone, Charlie's father reported the car stolen. Charlie was apprehended and his father let him sit in jail for two days before paying his bail. When Charlie was released, he left home and didn't look back. .
On his way back to Palm Springs with his girlfriend, Charlie learns of his father's death in Cincinnati, Ohio. Even though he had not had much communication with his father for a number of years, Charlie immediately headed for Ohio to attend the funeral. Charlie believed that he was an only child. Because of this belied, he thought he would inherits his father's estate worth over three million dollars. This would ease the financial difficulties he was experiencing in his business. However, in his will, his father had govern him only the convertible and his prized rosebushes. The remainder of the estate was to be put into a trust fund to another beneficiary. The money was to be spent by a trustee to carry out his father's wishes. .
Charlie found out that the person in charge of the trust fund was a doctor at Walbrook where Raymond was a patient. He was responsible for making sure all of Raymond's needs were met. He tried to talk the trustee into giving him half of the estate but the trustee refused. As Charlie left the institution, he met a young man who said he had driven his car when his father visited him. As Charlie talked to this young man, he found out that this man was his brother.
The film "Rainman" is the story of two brothers, both intelligent in their own way. One is Charlie, a fast-talking, money hungry con-artist, and Raymond, his autistic brother. The film is about how both brothers are intelligent in their own way, and how Ray changes his brother. The focus is about ho...
By looking at Christopher from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Baker from Into the Woods, and Raymond Babbage from Rainman, I will discuss how each of these characters journeys affected them as well as how their journey changed them, whether it be for good or bad In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time the main character, Christopher is left with no other choice but to seek out hsi mother in London. ... The last works which will be discussed is the movie Rainman, and the main characters in this movie are Charlie and Raymond Babbage. ...
When the show first began I thought the movie would parallel the classic movie Rainman, staring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. ... The story is not about accepting the autistic adult like Rainman was but instead deals with parenting and the characteristics of a good parent. ...
Imagine if you will a boy taking swimming lessons but ignoring his teacher. The teacher says the boys name over and over but the boy keeps on doing his own thing. Soon the boy starts to swim to the deep end of the pool and the teacher follows him just swimming along. Suddenly the boy starts to sc...