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The Rainmaker is a 1997 American legal drama film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on John Grisham's 1995 novel of the same name.It stars Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider, Virginia Madsen, and Teresa Wright in her final film role.
The Los Angeles Times called the book "an indictment of the legal system from law school to the jury’s verdict." [2] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "if The Rainmaker’s outcome is a bit predictable, Grisham’s vivid minor characters and near-Dickensian zeal for mocking pomposity and privilege are apt to endear him to his many readers all over again."
Matt Damon filmography. American actor Matt Damon made his film debut with a small role in Mystic Pizza (1988), [ 1] after which he played several supporting roles. His first leading role was in the legal drama film The Rainmaker (1997). [ 2] His breakthrough came later that year when he played the title role of an unrecognized genius in Good ...
Matt Damon has appeared in 48+ films—blockbusters (the Bourne movies), stylishly giddy ensemble brofests (the Oceans trilogy), without-a-net one-man showcases (The Martian), hard-hitting ...
Along the way, Rudy, his boss and a disheveled paralegal uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son. The Rainmaker previously was adapted as the ...
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The novel revolves around the murder of Keith Russo, a young lawyer in the small town of Seabrook, Florida. Keith was fatally shot at his desk during a late-night work session. The case quickly grew cold due to a lack of evidence, witnesses, and discernible motives. However, the investigation led to the arrest of Quincy Miller, a young Black ...
Grisham's plot is based in part on the case of a Las Vegas man, William Beebe, who, as part of his Alcoholics Anonymous program, wrote a letter of apology to a woman named Liz Seccuro that he had raped at a fraternity party at the University of Virginia in 1984. It had been a gang rape at Phi Kappa Psi fraternity – the other two perpetrators ...