The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker (1997)

Released: 1997-11-18 Duration: 2hr 15min
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Rating 7.0
They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.

Overview

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

Production Companies

Douglas/Reuther Productions
American Zoetrope
American Zoetrope
Constellation Films

Additional Info

Budget $40,000,000.00
Revenue $45,916,769.00
Original Language en
Popularity 19.69

Directed By

Francis Ford Coppola

Crew

Screenplay
Michael Herr
Producer
Michael Douglas
Producer
Fred Fuchs
Producer
Steven Reuther
Director of Photography
John Toll
Editor
Barry Malkin
Extras Casting Assistant
Jason White
Co-Producer
Georgia Kacandes
Stunts
Andy Gill
Stunts
Scott Wilder
Unit Production Manager
Georgia Kacandes
First Assistant Director
Gary Marcus
Second Assistant Director
David Kelley
Second Unit Director
Roman Coppola
Associate Producer
Gary Marcus
Production Supervisor
Katherine E. Beyda
Co-Editor
Melissa Kent
Assistant Art Director
Jeffrey D. McDonald
Storyboard Artist
Brick Mason
First Assistant Camera
Mike Thomas
Second Assistant Camera
Chris Toll
Sound Mixer
Nelson Stoll
Boom Operator
Scott Kinzey
Unit Publicist
Kathy Orloff
Set Costumer
Eileen McCahill
Set Costumer
Daniela Moore
Costume Assistant
Susan Thomas
Assistant Property Master
Jeffrey Paul Johnson
Location Manager
Scott Elias
Assistant Editor
Megan B. Agosto
Dialogue Editor
E. Larry Oatfield
First Assistant Sound Editor
Roy Waldspurger
Apprentice Sound Editor
Erich Stratmann
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Semanick
ADR Mixer
Paul J. Zydel
ADR Mixer
Bob Baron
ADR Recordist
David McDonald
ADR Recordist
Douglas Murray
ADR Voice Casting
Barbara Harris
Foley Mixer
David Betancourt
Foley Artist
Alicia Stevenson
Foley Artist
Dawn Fintor
Orchestrator
Emilie A. Bernstein
Chief Lighting Technician
James Plannette
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Nick Thomas
First Company Grip
Ben Beaird
Dolly Grip
Jeff Kunkle
Assistant Production Coordinator
Mads Hansen
Extras Casting
Christopher Gray
Animal Wrangler
David Sousa
Transportation Coordinator
Dennis W. Milliken
Transportation Captain
Lee Stepp
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert D. Yeoman
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Michael Amundson
Negative Cutter
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Title Designer
Wayne Fitzgerald
Color Timer
Phil Hetos
Original Music Composer
Elmer Bernstein
Prosthetics
Gary Archer
Production Design
Howard Cummings
Art Direction
Bob Shaw
Set Decoration
Barbara Munch
Costume Design
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Makeup Artist
Lois Burwell
Hairstylist
Patricia Grande
Makeup Artist
Whitney James
Hairstylist
Arturo Rojas
Greensman
David Becton
Property Master
Eugene McCarthy
Set Designer
Scott P. Murphy
Construction Foreman
Thomas Michael Ryan
Construction Coordinator
Jeffrey Schlatter
Art Department Coordinator
Phillipa Sledge
Sound Effects Editor
Kim B. Christensen
ADR Editor
Clare C. Freeman
Supervising Sound Editor
Michael Kirchberger
ADR Editor
Bruce Lacey
Supervising ADR Editor
Mark Levinson
Foley Editor
Tim O'Shea
Sound Effects Editor
Jennifer L. Ware
Stunt Coordinator
Jack Gill
Camera Operator
Paul C. Babin
Still Photographer
Phillip V. Caruso
Costume Supervisor
Winnie D. Brown
Key Set Costumer
Jennifer Jobst
Music Editor
Kathy Durning
Production Coordinator
Laura Tateishi
Special Effects Coordinator
Guy Clayton
Dialogue Editor
David A. Cohen
Dialogue Editor
Dianna Stirpe

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