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Barry Morrow (* 12. Juni 1948 in Austin, Minnesota) ist ein US-amerikanischer Filmproduzent und Drehbuchautor, der bei der Oscarverleihung 1989 mit Ronald Bass den Oscar für das beste Originaldrehbuch für Rain Man erhielt.
Barry Morrow is an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for Rain Man. He is the father of Emmy Award -winning animator, writer, and storyboard artist, Clayton Morrow, and father-in-law of animator and storyboard artist, Cindy Morrow.
- 1981–present
- Clayton Morrow
- June 12, 1948 (age 75), Austin, Minnesota, U.S.
- Rain Man
Barry Morrow is an Emmy and Academy Award winning writer/producer best known for his original story and screenplay for the 1988 Best Picture, "Rain Man (1988)". Morrow's autobiographical story, "Bill (1981)", starring Dennis Quaid and the late Mickey Rooney, was hailed by the New York Times as Rooney's most enduring role in his 90 year career.
- June 12, 1948
Writer: Rain Man. Barry Morrow is an Emmy and Academy Award winning writer/producer best known for his original story and screenplay for the 1988 Best Picture, "Rain Man (1988)". Morrow's autobiographical story, "Bill (1981)", starring Dennis Quaid and the late Mickey Rooney, was hailed by the New York Times as Rooney's most enduring role in ...
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Collectibles dealer Charlie Babbitt is in the middle of importing four grey market Lamborghinis to Los Angeles for resale. He needs to deliver the cars to impatient buyers who have already made down payments to repay the loan he took out to buy them, but the EPA is holding the cars at the port because they have failed emission tests. Charlie direct...
In drafting the story for Rain Man, Barry Morrow decided to base Raymond Babbitt on his experiences with both Kim Peek and Bill Sackter, two men who had gained notoriety and fame for their intellectual disabilities and, in Peek's case, for his abilities as a savant that were evident in high speed reading and extremely detailed memory. Prior to the ...
Box office
Rain Man debuted December 16, 1988, and was the second highest-grossing film at the weekend box office (behind Twins), with $7million. It reached the first spot the weekend of December 30 – January 2, finishing 1988 with $42million. The film would become the highest-grossing U.S. film of 1988 by earning more than $172million. Worldwide figures vary, though. Box Office Mojo claims that the film grossed over $354million worldwide, while The Numbers reported that the film grossed $412.8million w...
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88%, based on 136 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10/10. The website's critical consensus states: "This road-trip movie about an autistic savant and his callow brother is far from seamless, but Barry Levinson's direction is impressive, and strong performances from Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman add to its appeal." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 18 critics, i...
The release of Rain Man in 1988 coincided with a tenfold increase in funding for medical research and diagnoses of individuals for autism. The latter is primarily due to autism's being more broadly defined in newer editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, particularly versions III-R and IV.: 389–401 The movie is credit...
The cold open sketch in the April 1, 1989, installment of Saturday Night Live spoofed both the film and the Pete Rose gambling scandal at the time. Charlie and Raymond Babbitt were played by Ben Stiller and Dana Carvey, respectively, with Phil Hartman as Rose. The Babbitt brothers appear in The Simpsons Season 5 episode "$pringfield (or, How I Lear...
Rain Man at the American Film Institute CatalogRain Man at IMDbRain Man at AllMovieRain Man at the TCM Movie Database- December 16, 1988
- Mark Johnson
For screenwriter Barry Morrow – who worked at the University of Iowa School of Social Work for seven years (1974-1981) – what began as a selfless act of kindness with a mentally-challenged 59-year-old Minnesota man grew into a sensational Hollywood career – one that included winning an Academy Award for Screenwriting for co-writing the ...
3. Dez. 2019 · Dec 3, 2019,09:00am EST. Share to Facebook. Share to Twitter. Share to Linkedin. The Peek Award was created by Barry Morrow, who donated his Oscar to Salt Lake City in memory of Kim Peek, the...
