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Naive Lawyer Learns About Legal Morals - There Are None

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Matt Damon, Jon Voight and Dean Stockwell in...

The Rainmaker

( Catalog Number LV335033WS )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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The Rainmaker
1997 - 175 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
John Grisham's THE RAINMAKER is adapted to film in this suspenseful retelling by Francis Ford Coppola. In Memphis, struggling young attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) joins a shady law firm headed by Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke). After the firm comes under investigation, Rudy and fellow employee Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito) start their own practice. While trying to dig up clients, Rudy meets a young spousal abuse victim, Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), and convinces her to leave her husband (Andrew Shue). But Rudy's biggest case is defending a young man (Johnny Whitworth) dying of leukemia and his mother (Mary Kay Place) against the insurance company who wrongfully denied their claim. Rudy and Deck find that their opposing lawyers, led by Leo Drummond (Jon Voight), have bugged their offices. Despite his inexperience, Rudy cleverly manages to get an undesirable juror (musician Randy Travis in a cameo role) removed from the jury. During testimony Rudy uncovers proof that the insurance company has a practice of denying all claims. As his relationship with Kelly takes a dangerous turn and the trial uncovers more insurance fraud, it seems Rudy must decide between being a good man or being a good lawyer.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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

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. Director Francis Ford Coppola has assembled a terrific cast, including Danny De Vito, Roy Scheider, and Mary Kay Place, and proves once again that he is a master at getting the best from his actors. If the plot machinations strain credibility at times, the heartfelt performances, brisk pacing, and unexpected comic moments more than make up for it, resulting in one of the more entertaining Grisham adaptations to hit the screen. --- Robert Firsching

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Cast for The Rainmaker

Matt Damon - Rudy Baylor
Claire Danes - Kelly Riker
Jon Voight - Leo F. Drummond
Mary Kay Place - Dot Black
Mickey Rourke - Bruiser Stone
Danny DeVito - Deck Schifflet
Dean Stockwell - Judge Harvey Hale
Teresa Wright - Miss Birdie
Virginia Madsen - Jackie Lemancyzk
Andrew Shue - Cliff Riker
Red West - Buddy Black
Johnny Whitworth - Donny Ray Black
Wayne Emmons - Prince Thomas
Adrian Roberts - Butch
Roy Scheider - Wilfred Keeley
Randy Travis - Billy Porter
Michael Girardin - Everett Lufkin
Randall King - Jack Underhall
Justin Ashforth - F. Franklin Donaldson
Michael Keys Hall - B. Bobby Shaw
Danny Glover - Judge Tyrone Kipler (uncredited)

Crew for The Rainmaker

Francis Ford Coppola - Director / Screenwriter
Michael Douglas - Producer
Fred Fuchs - Producer
Steven E. Reuther - Producer
John Grisham - Book Author
John Toll - Cinematographer
Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score)
Melissa Kent - Editor
Barry Malkin - Editor
Howard Cummings - Production Designer
Jeff McDonald - Art Director
Robert K. Shaw, Jr. - Art Director
Georgia Kacandes - Co-producer
Gary Scott Marcus - Associate Producer / First Assistant Director
Barbara Munch - Set Designer
Scott Murphy - Set Designer
Aggie Guerard Rodgers - Costume Designer
Nelson Stoll - Sound/Sound Designer
Linda Phillips-Palo - Casting
Roman Coppola - Second Unit Director
Bob Yeoman - Second Unit Director Of Photography

Awards for The Rainmaker

Best Supporting Actor (nom) Jon Voight 1997 Golden Globe

Feature Details

Title: The Rainmaker
Feature Release Date: 1997
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Color: Color
Runtime: 175 Minutes
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: LV335033WS
UPC: 013023549364
ISBN: 0792148096
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: Paramount Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: LV335033WS-N
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Matt Damon, Jon Voight and Dean Stockwell in...

The Rainmaker

( Catalog Number LV335033WS )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
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The Rainmaker
1997 - 175 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
John Grisham's THE RAINMAKER is adapted to film in this suspenseful retelling by Francis Ford Coppola. In Memphis, struggling young attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) joins a shady law firm headed by Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke). After the firm comes under investigation, Rudy and fellow employee Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito) start their own practice. While trying to dig up clients, Rudy meets a young spousal abuse victim, Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), and convinces her to leave her husband (Andrew Shue). But Rudy's biggest case is defending a young man (Johnny Whitworth) dying of leukemia and his mother (Mary Kay Place) against the insurance company who wrongfully denied their claim. Rudy and Deck find that their opposing lawyers, led by Leo Drummond (Jon Voight), have bugged their offices. Despite his inexperience, Rudy cleverly manages to get an undesirable juror (musician Randy Travis in a cameo role) removed from the jury. During testimony Rudy uncovers proof that the insurance company has a practice of denying all claims. As his relationship with Kelly takes a dangerous turn and the trial uncovers more insurance fraud, it seems Rudy must decide between being a good man or being a good lawyer.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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

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. Director Francis Ford Coppola has assembled a terrific cast, including Danny De Vito, Roy Scheider, and Mary Kay Place, and proves once again that he is a master at getting the best from his actors. If the plot machinations strain credibility at times, the heartfelt performances, brisk pacing, and unexpected comic moments more than make up for it, resulting in one of the more entertaining Grisham adaptations to hit the screen. --- Robert Firsching

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Cast for The Rainmaker

Matt Damon - Rudy Baylor
Claire Danes - Kelly Riker
Jon Voight - Leo F. Drummond
Mary Kay Place - Dot Black
Mickey Rourke - Bruiser Stone
Danny DeVito - Deck Schifflet
Dean Stockwell - Judge Harvey Hale
Teresa Wright - Miss Birdie
Virginia Madsen - Jackie Lemancyzk
Andrew Shue - Cliff Riker
Red West - Buddy Black
Johnny Whitworth - Donny Ray Black
Wayne Emmons - Prince Thomas
Adrian Roberts - Butch
Roy Scheider - Wilfred Keeley
Randy Travis - Billy Porter
Michael Girardin - Everett Lufkin
Randall King - Jack Underhall
Justin Ashforth - F. Franklin Donaldson
Michael Keys Hall - B. Bobby Shaw
Danny Glover - Judge Tyrone Kipler (uncredited)

Crew for The Rainmaker

Francis Ford Coppola - Director / Screenwriter
Michael Douglas - Producer
Fred Fuchs - Producer
Steven E. Reuther - Producer
John Grisham - Book Author
John Toll - Cinematographer
Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score)
Melissa Kent - Editor
Barry Malkin - Editor
Howard Cummings - Production Designer
Jeff McDonald - Art Director
Robert K. Shaw, Jr. - Art Director
Georgia Kacandes - Co-producer
Gary Scott Marcus - Associate Producer / First Assistant Director
Barbara Munch - Set Designer
Scott Murphy - Set Designer
Aggie Guerard Rodgers - Costume Designer
Nelson Stoll - Sound/Sound Designer
Linda Phillips-Palo - Casting
Roman Coppola - Second Unit Director
Bob Yeoman - Second Unit Director Of Photography

Awards for The Rainmaker

Best Supporting Actor (nom) Jon Voight 1997 Golden Globe

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