The
Rainmaker
Non-Series
John Grisham
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0385424736
Published: April 1995
Synopsis: In this courtroom
thriller, a young
man barely out of law school finds himself taking on one of the most
powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America—and
exposing
a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam....
In his final semester of law school Rudy Baylor is required to provide
free legal advice to a group of senior citizens, and it is there that
he meets his first "clients," Dot and Buddy Black. Their son, Donny
Ray, is dying of leukemia, and their insurance company has flatly
refused to pay for his medical treatments. Rudy soon realizes that the
Blacks have been shockingly mistreated by the huge company, and that he
just may have stumbled upon one of the largest insurance frauds
anyone's ever seen—and one of the most lucrative and
important
cases in the history of civil litigation.
The problem is, Rudy's flat broke, has no job, hasn't even passed the
bar, and is about to go head-to-head with one of the best defense
attorneys—and powerful industries—in America.
The
Rainmaker
Francis Ford Coppola, Director
Matt Damon: Rudy Baylor
Danny DeVito: Deck Shifflet
Claire Danes: Kelly Riker
Jon Voight: Leo F. Drummond
Mary Kay Place: Dot Black
Dean Stockwell: Judge Harvey Hale
Teresa Wright: Miss Birdie
Virginia Madsen: Jackie Lemancyzk
Mickey Rourke: Bruiser Stone
UPC: 097363350378
Source: Paramount
Region Code: 1
DVD Release: 11/17/1998
Original Release: 11/21/1997
Rating: PG-13
Presentation: Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital, stereo
Language: English, Français
Subtitles: Español, English
Features: Widescreen version; Dolby Digital: English 5.1 surround;
English Dolby surround; French Dolby surround; Spanish subtitles;
English captions; Interactive menus; Scene selection
Time: 2:15:00
