John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Francis Ford Coppola
Matt Damon
Danny De Vito
Claire Danes
Jon Voight
Mickey Rourke
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Struggling new attorney Rudy Baylor resorts to working for a shady lawyer, where he meets paralegal Deck Shifflet. When the insurance company of Dot Black refuses her dying son coverage, Baylor and Shifflet team up to fight the corrupt corporation, taking on its callous lawyer. Meanwhile, Baylor becomes involved with Kelly Riker, an abused wife, whose husband complicates matters when he confronts Baylor.
Cast
Matt Damon
Danny De Vito
Claire Danes
Jon Voight
Mickey Rourke
Roy Scheider
Andrew Shue
Melissa Hurst
Terrance Stewart
Donald Folden
Daniel O'callaghan
Rodney Peck
Deborah Frazier
Mike Cody
Red West
Alan Woolf
Anasa Briggs-graves
John Gray
Johnetta Shearer
Pamela Tice Chapman
Alex Harvey
Sonny Shroyer
Sherry Sanford
Lynn Carthane
Adrian Roberts
Dean Stockwell
Warren Luening
Frank Clem
Justin Ashforth
Bill Lunn
Michael Keys Hall
Teresa Wright
Mary Kay Place
Johnny Whitworth
Ronnie Dee Blair
Eloise Dukes
Randall King
Christopher Gray
Vernon Newman
Nate Bynum
Tammy Wendel
Mike Lang
Bridget Brunner
Trula Marcus
Verda Davenport
Katherine Morrow
James Cunningham
Randy Travis
James W Redmond
Virginia Madsen
Mary Lester
Wayne Emmons
Billy Ray Reynolds
Tom Kagy
John Yancey
Tony Dingman
Michael Girardin
Crew
Michael Amundson
Kim Aubry
Paul Babin
Bob Baron
Mark Berger
Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein
David Betancourt
Katherine E Beyda
Katherine E Beyda
Eddie Boyd
Lois Burwell
Kim B Christensen
Guy Clayton
David A. Cohen
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Howard Cummings
Jimmie Davis
Tony Dingman
Michael Douglas
Kathy Durning
Scott Elias
Wayne Emmons
Wayne Emmons
Jane Feather
Dawn Fintor
Wayne Fitzgerald
Michael Floquet
Laura Folger
Clare Freeman
Fred Fuchs
Jack Gill
Danny Glover
Reuben Goldberg
John Grisham
John Grisham
Kenneth Haber
Lauren Hallinan
Patrick Hallinan
Slim Harpo
Barbara Harris
Michael Herr
Larry Hoki
Georgia Kacandes
Georgia Kacandes
David Kelley
Melissa Kent
B. B. King
Michael Kirchberger
Bruce Lacey
Mark Levinson
Bill Lunn
Barry Malkin
Gary Marcus
Gary Marcus
Brick Mason
Polly Ann Mattson
Eugene Mccarthy
Dave Mcdonald
Jeffrey D Mcdonald
Charles Mitchell
James Moore
Barbara Munch
Scott P. Murphy
Doug Murray
Anahid Nazarian
Davia Nelson
Tim O'shea
E Larry Oatfield
Leslie Park
Linda Phillips-palo
Joseph Piantadosi
Steven Reuther
Matt Robertson
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Arturo Rojas
Fred Roos
Michael Semanick
Bob Shaw
David Sousa
Alicia M Stevenson
Dianna Stirpe
Nelson Stroll
Laura Tateischi
John Toll
John Toll
T-bone Walker
Dan Wallin
Jennifer Ware
Don Was
Buddy Waters
Winnie Brown Willis
Robert Yeoman
Robert Yeoman
Paul Zydel
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 21, 1997
Released in United States on Video May 26, 1998
Released in United States February 1998
Released in United States March 1998
Shown at Olso Film Days in Oslo, Norway February 6-12, 1998.
Shown at Dublin Film Festival March 3-12, 1998.
Constellation Films is a financing and distribution company (co-owned by Michael Douglas, Steven Reuther, and Bobo Scriba) that will handle films produced by Douglas/Reuther.
Began shooting October 7, 1996.
Completed shooting February 6, 1997.
Released in United States Fall November 21, 1997
Released in United States on Video May 26, 1998
Released in United States February 1998 (Shown at Olso Film Days in Oslo, Norway February 6-12, 1998.)
Released in United States March 1998 (Shown at Dublin Film Festival March 3-12, 1998.)
