The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker (1997)

They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.

  • Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1997-11-18
  • User Rating: 7.0/10 from 1220 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 15min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Summary

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

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  • Matt Damon

    as Rudy Baylor
  • Claire Danes

    as Kelly Riker
  • Danny DeVito

    as Deck Shifflet
  • Jon Voight

    as Leo F. Drummond
  • Mary Kay Place

    as Dot Black
  • Dean Stockwell

    as Judge Harvey Hale
  • Mickey Rourke

    as Bruiser Stone
  • Danny Glover

    as Richter Tyrone Kipler
  • Virginia Madsen

    as Jackie Lemancyzk
  • Randy Travis

    as Billy Porter
  • Roy Scheider

    as Wilfred Keeley
  • Red West

    as Buddy Black
  • Johnny Whitworth

    as Donny Ray Black
  • Andrew Shue

    as Cliff Riker
  • Teresa Wright

    as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
  • Wayne Emmons

    as Prince Thomas
  • Adrian Roberts

    as Butch
  • Michael Girardin

    as Everett Lufkin
  • Randall King

    as Jack Underhall
  • Justin Ashforth

    as F. Franklin Donaldson
  • Michael Keys Hall

    as B. Bobby Hall
  • James Cunningham

    as J. Michael Floquet
  • Frank Clem

    as Mr. Van Landel
  • Alan Woolf

    as Kermit Aldy
  • Sonny Shroyer

    as Delbert Birdsong
  • Pamela Tice Chapman

    as Vera Birdsong
  • John Yancey

    as Homicide Detective
Directing Francis Ford Coppola Director
Writing Michael Herr Screenplay
Editing Barry Malkin Editor
Writing John Grisham Novel
Camera John Toll Director of Photography
Production Michael Douglas Producer
Production Steven Reuther Producer
Writing Francis Ford Coppola Screenplay
Production Fred Fuchs Producer
Sound Elmer Bernstein Original Music Composer
Art Jeffrey Schlatter Construction Coordinator
Art Bob Shaw Art Direction
Art Howard Cummings Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Whitney James Makeup Artist
Art Phillipa Sledge Art Department Coordinator
Sound Jennifer L. Ware Sound Effects Editor
Costume & Make-Up Aggie Guerard Rodgers Costume Design
Sound Bruce Lacey ADR Editor
Crew Jack Gill Stunt Coordinator
Costume & Make-Up Arturo Rojas Hairstylist
Camera Paul C. Babin Camera Operator
Art Eugene McCarthy Property Master
Sound Tim O'Shea Foley Editor
Camera Phillip V. Caruso Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up Jennifer Jobst Key Set Costumer
Costume & Make-Up Patricia Grande Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Winnie D. Brown Costume Supervisor
Sound Kathy Durning Music Editor
Art Scott P. Murphy Set Designer
Sound Clare C. Freeman ADR Editor
Sound Michael Kirchberger Supervising Sound Editor
Costume & Make-Up Lois Burwell Makeup Artist
Sound Mark Levinson Supervising ADR Editor
Art David Becton Greensman
Sound Kim B. Christensen Sound Effects Editor
Production Linda Phillips-Palo Casting
Art Barbara Munch Set Decoration
Art Thomas Michael Ryan Construction Foreman
Production Laura Tateishi Production Coordinator
Crew Guy Clayton Special Effects Coordinator
Sound Dianna Stirpe Dialogue Editor
Sound David A. Cohen Dialogue Editor
Production Jason White Extras Casting Assistant
Production Georgia Kacandes Co-Producer
Crew Andy Gill Stunts
Crew Richard Drown Stunts
Crew Steve Picerni Stunts
Crew Scott Wilder Stunts
Production Georgia Kacandes Unit Production Manager
Directing Gary Marcus First Assistant Director
Directing David Kelley Second Assistant Director
Directing Roman Coppola Second Unit Director
Production Gary Marcus Associate Producer
Production Katherine E. Beyda Production Supervisor
Editing Melissa Kent Co-Editor
Art Jeffrey D. McDonald Assistant Art Director
Art Brick Mason Storyboard Artist
Art Jeffrey Kushon Leadman
Camera Mike Thomas First Assistant Camera
Camera Chris Toll Second Assistant Camera
Sound Nelson Stoll Sound Mixer
Sound Scott Kinzey Boom Operator
Crew Kathy Orloff Unit Publicist
Costume & Make-Up Eileen McCahill Set Costumer
Costume & Make-Up Daniela Moore Set Costumer
Costume & Make-Up Susan Thomas Costume Assistant
Art Jeffrey Paul Johnson Assistant Property Master
Production Scott Elias Location Manager
Editing Megan B. Agosto Assistant Editor
Sound E. Larry Oatfield Dialogue Editor
Sound Roy Waldspurger First Assistant Sound Editor
Sound Erich Stratmann Apprentice Sound Editor
Sound Mark Berger Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Michael Semanick Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Paul J. Zydel ADR Mixer
Sound Bob Baron ADR Mixer
Sound David McDonald ADR Recordist
Sound Douglas Murray ADR Recordist
Production Barbara Harris ADR Voice Casting
Sound David Betancourt Foley Mixer
Sound Alicia Stevenson Foley Artist
Sound Dawn Fintor Foley Artist
Sound Emilie A. Bernstein Orchestrator
Lighting James Plannette Chief Lighting Technician
Lighting Nick Thomas Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Camera Ben Beaird First Company Grip
Camera Jeff Kunkle Dolly Grip
Camera Darryl Wilson Grip
Production Mads Hansen Assistant Production Coordinator
Production Christopher Gray Extras Casting
Crew David Sousa Animal Wrangler
Crew Dennis W. Milliken Transportation Coordinator
Crew Lee Stepp Transportation Captain
Camera Robert D. Yeoman Second Unit Director of Photography
Directing Michael Amundson Second Unit First Assistant Director
Editing Theresa Repola Mohammed Negative Cutter
Art Wayne Fitzgerald Title Designer
Editing Phil Hetos Color Timer
Camera David Leonard Grip
Costume & Make-Up Gary Archer Prosthetics
Crew Barbara Anne Klein Stunts

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