One key thing to note about Barry Levinson: he loves casting Dustin Hoffman. In addition to Rain Man, he has cast Hoffman in films such as Wag the Dog, Sphere, and Sleepers. As you can tell from...

Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass are the dudes responsible for writing Rain Man. While directors tend to get a lot of the credit for a film's "vision," you've got to give up some kudos for the writers,...

United Artists produced the film with The Guber-Peters Company, with assists from Star Partners II Ltd. and Mirage Entertainment. United Artists is kind of like a studio chameleon—it keeps changi...

Objective-ish…Rain Man certainly isn't filmed from any one character's "perspective"—which is why we used the word "objective." We see Charlie from all angles and in interactions with lots of d...

To be honest, the Rain Man score is kind of an odd fit with the film's setting and subject matter. First off, the film opens with the song "Iko Iko," whose lyrics no one really understands —but...