Academy Awards, USA 1989
| Winner Oscar | Best Picture Mark Johnson |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Dustin Hoffman | |
| Best Director Barry Levinson | |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Ronald Bass (screenplay) Barry Morrow (screenplay/story) | |
| Nominee Oscar | Best Cinematography John Seale |
| Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Ida Random Linda DeScenna | |
| Best Film Editing Stu Linder | |
| Best Music, Original Score Hans Zimmer |
United Artists
Directed by Barry Levinson
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, MGM/Fox)
Shady car salesman Tom Cruise gets called away to his father's funeral in Cincinnati. Hoping to get a multi-million dollar inheritance, he is disappointed to only receive a vintage car. He learns that the bulk of the estate has gone to a trustee taking care of a brother he never knew he had in a nearby mental institution. Dustin Hoffman is Raymond, an autistic savant who lives by strict routines but is unable to take care of himself. Cruise kidnaps him and they take a cross country trip back to California in the vintage car. The two brothers slowly get to know each other over the course of the next week, with Cruise's initial disgust turning to appreciation and perhaps even love by the time it ends. They stop briefly in Las Vegas where Cruise uses his brother's unique math abilities to count cards and win enough money to pay off his creditors. In Los Angeles, they meet with doctor's and Cruise realizes that Raymond needs to go back to the institution for his own safety. An amazing performance by Hoffman anchors this classic road trip movie.
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