The Rainman

A detailed Summary of The Rainman

The Rain Man stars Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. The movie was made in 1988. The movie is about an autistic man named Raymon, who is a idiot savant played by Dustin Hoffman and his fast, talking self absorbed, egocentric brother Charlie Babbitt, who is played by Tom Cruise. A egocentric person is a person with the simple recognition that every living thing views the world from a unique, self-oriented perspective(LIFE: Inherently Egocentric written by James Craig Green http://pw2.netcom.com/~zeno7/ego.html).

Charlie is a car salesman whose business is going down hill. Charlie and his girlfriend are on their way to Palm Springs when Charlie gets a call from his friend and co-worker. He tells him that his fathers' lawyer has been trying to reach him, because his father was dead and the funeral was the next day. Charlie who never had a good relationship with his father decided to go out there to pay his respects and to go get his share of his fathers estate. When the lawyer read the will, Charlie finds out all he received was his fathers' 1949 Buick and his prized rose bushes. The lawyer says the rest of the estate is going to a beneficiary. Charlie is mad at what his father did. He tries to find out who get

There are three principals psychological concepts used in this movie. They are autism, egocentrism and idiot savant. Charlie is self centered and egocentric. He thinks and regards himself as the center or object of all experiences around himself. He feels he is being cheated out of the money. He doesn't think how much Raymon needs it.

Although Raymon is somewhat egocentric because of his autism he is primarily autistic. He sees the world in parts, not as a whole and is unable to make connections. He knows the "who's on first" joke but is unable to understand humor. He knows his underwear are from a certain K-Mart, but can't understand all K-Marts are the same. The most remarkable thing about Raymon is that he is an idiot savant autistic. An idiot savant is a person who is brilliant at a 1 thing only but has no comprehension in other aspects of life. In the movie Raymon was good at all mathematical equations but he could not grasp the concept of money, how it was used and what it meant. He needed help with his daily living skills and could not take care of himself. This is an extremely rare condition because his skills are so spectacular in math that they would appear brilliant even in a normal person. The mathematical ability is very limited. Raymon can calculate calendar dates and add sums, but he can't make change.

As they are making their way to LA they pass through Las Vegas. After they pass through Charlie calls his business to find out what has happened since the last time, he finds out that he is in financial trouble. They need to come up with about $80,000 in a couple of days. Charlie figures out he can use Raymon for betting since Raymon is an idiot savant, he can remember and figure out the odds of different combinations, including cards. Charlie decides to turn back and go to Las Vegas to try and use Raymon to win money. When they get to the tables they start winning. In one situation when they are playing blackjack Raymon has an 18 and decides to hit, he ended up busting with a queen. Then Charlie says, "what are you doing, I could have used that," Raymon replies there are plenty of them. So Charlie hits and stays at 19, then it is the dealers turn and he ends up busting by getting two queens. Charlie and Raymon end up winning about $86,000. Raymon talks to a woman during their stay in the hotel and sets up a date with her. She ends up never showing up. Charlies girlfriend who showed up earlier goes down with him, she and Raymon end up dancing in the elevator and they also kissed. After that Charlie is asked to leave the state because he was caught counting cards which is illegal, so Raymon, Ch

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