When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
Released: Dec 12, 1988
Runtime: 134 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock, Michael D. Roberts
Crew: Barry Levinson (Director), Ronald Bass (Screenplay), Mark Johnson (Producer), Peter Guber (Executive Producer), Jon Peters (Executive Producer), Hans Zimmer (Original Music Composer)