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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 11/17/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 2 Genres: Drama, Courtroom Drama See Also: The Rainmaker [Special Collector's Edition], The Rainmaker [Special Collector's Edition]

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 (Teresa Wright), who has a large estate to dispose of, and desperate Dot Black (Mary Kay Place), whose son Donnie Ray (Johnny Whitworth) has terminal leukemia. Medical intervention could have spared his life, but the Great Benefit Insurance Company denied coverage, preventing Donnie Ray from getting a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Rudy finds a place to live in the apartment behind Miss Birdie's house. Deck and Rudy split from Bruiser to start their small firm. When they take on the Blacks' case, they go up against the insurance company's high-priced law firm and are continually thwarted by slick lawyer Leo F. Drummond (Jon Voight). Rudy's voiceover narration was scripted by Michael Herr. Filmed on location in Memphis. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Matt Damon - Rudy Baylor
Claire Danes - Kelly Riker
Jon Voight - Leo F. Drummond
Mary Kay Place - Dot Black
Mickey Rourke - Bruiser Stone

Matt Damon stars as an ambitious but inexperienced young lawyer drowning in a sea of corruption as he faces off against a team of hawkish legal veterans in director Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of John Grisham's taut legal drama, presented on DVD from Paramount. Presented in the original 2.35:1 widescreen theatrical aspect ratio (enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs), this release also features a variety of audio options including closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround soundtracks in addition to a French Dolby Digital Surround track. Optional Spanish subtitles are also offered on this otherwise bare-bones release. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide