The Rainmaker (1997 film)

The Rainmaker is a 1997 American legal drama film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Matt Damon, based on John Grishams 1995 novel of the same name.

Rudy Baylor Matt Damon was brought up in a slum. His father, who was a severe alcoholic, abused him and his mother. After studying at Austin Peay State University, Rudy, who has an interest in social justice and civil rights, decides to attend law school. When he graduates from the University of Memphis State Law School, he, unlike most of his fellow grads, has no highpaying employment lined up. He is forced to apply for parttime positions while he serves drinks at a Memphis bar.Desperate for a job, he reluctantly goes to an interview with J. Lyman Bruiser Stone Mickey Rourke, a ruthless and corrupt but successful personal injury lawyer, who makes him an associate. To earn his fee, Rudy is turned into an ambulance chaser, required to hunt for potential clients at a local hospital. ........

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