Rain Man

A play by Dan Gordon based on the motion picture Rain Man

14th April –17th June 2012

When I was a little kid and I got scared, the Rain Man would come and sing to me.

Based on the 1988 film of the same title, Rain Man is the story of an abrasive yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and left his multimillion-dollar estate to his other, autistic son, Raymond – of whose existence Charlie was unaware. Abducting Raymond from the institution where he lives, Charlie takes his brother on a cross-country journey to Los Angeles, where he hopes a court will award him his share of the inheritance. In the course of their bumpy ride, however, Charlie learns to love his brother – unexpectedly transforming his own life.

 

Der karrierebesessene Yuppie Charlie Babbitt fühlt sich um sein Erbe betrogen, als er herausfindet, dass ein gewisser Raymond nach dem Tod des Vaters um dessen Millionen reicher geworden ist. Charlie sucht den autistischen Raymond und erfährt, dass dieser sein älterer Bruder ist. In der Hoffnung, doch noch an das Geld zu kommen, entführt Charlie seinen Bruder kurzerhand aus dem Heim. Auf der turbulenten Autofahrt von Cincinnati nach Los Angeles lernen sich die beiden Brüder näher kennen, und schon bald werden andere Dinge wichtiger als die Millionen.

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