The Rainmaker - Al's Matt Damon Site

al's matt damon site The Rainmaker

Director
Francis Ford Coppola

Producers
Michael Douglas, Steven Reuther, Fred Fuchs
Cast
Matt Damon, Jon Voight, Claire Danes, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover
Screenwriters
Francis Ford Coppola

Matt as Rudy Baylor

Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) is a fresh law school graduate who aspires to be a "rainmaker". He finds work in a law firm, owned by Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke). Bruiser is a lawyer with the Memphis underworld connections and owns several investments in topless bars. Rudy teams up with his para-lawyer assistant, Deck Schiflett (Danny DeVito), and goes round chasing ambulances.

Rudy comes across a case, where a boy dying of leukemia has been denied medical care benefits. Rudy, being the idealistic and naive lawyer, believe in his fight for his client, Dot Black (Mary Kay Place), and sets out to expose the multimillion dollar insurance scam by the company, Great Benefit, that has been making fortunes by ripping off the poor and middle-working class people. He is up against a team of high-powered attorneys, led by Leo F.Drummond (Jon Voight).
Along the way, Rudy also meets a young battered wife, Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), and tries to help her divorce her husband, and eventually became romantically involved with her.

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"It was his screen test," recalls Fred Fuchs. "We saw something about the honesty of his performance, the realness, the intelligence behind his eyes. This is a character who's not flashy; he's not crazy; he doesn't have a lot of extroverted action. He's someone who's basically very still but very thoughtful, sensitive, smart. That's Matt Damon. He really had those qualities."

al's matt damon site	The Rainmaker
Director Francis Ford Coppola Producers Michael Douglas, Steven Reuther, Fred Fuchs Cast Matt Damon, Jon Voight, Claire Danes, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover Screenwriters Francis Ford Coppola Matt as Rudy Baylor	Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) is a fresh law school graduate who aspires to be a "rainmaker". He finds work in a law firm, owned by Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke). Bruiser is a lawyer with the Memphis underworld connections and owns several investments in topless bars. Rudy teams up with his para-lawyer assistant, Deck Schiflett (Danny DeVito), and goes round chasing ambulances. Rudy comes across a case, where a boy dying of leukemia has been denied medical care benefits. Rudy, being the idealistic and naive lawyer, believe in his fight for his client, Dot Black (Mary Kay Place), and sets out to expose the multimillion dollar insurance scam by the company, Great Benefit, that has been making fortunes by ripping off the poor and middle-working class people. He is up against a team of high-powered attorneys, led by Leo F.Drummond (Jon Voight). Along the way, Rudy also meets a young battered wife, Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), and tries to help her divorce her husband, and eventually became romantically involved with her.
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	"It was his screen test," recalls Fred Fuchs. "We saw something about the honesty of his performance, the realness, the intelligence behind his eyes. This is a character who's not flashy; he's not crazy; he doesn't have a lot of extroverted action. He's someone who's basically very still but very thoughtful, sensitive, smart. That's Matt Damon. He really had those qualities."