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1997
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.
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Most of the films based on John Grisham's novels employed simple formula - young, penniless, inexperienced and handsome lawyer fighting the good fight against powerful and malevolent entities like US government, mafia or rich corporations. Being formulaic and predictable, all those films usually turned into huge disappointments. But with the right man in the director's chair even the formulaic material can be almost…More
