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Rain Man Script - Dialogue Transcript
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Rain Man Script

I've got four Lamborghinis that can't meet smog emission standards.

How many times you wash out with E.P.A.?

Sir, they're clearing E.P.A. in a few days.

Three times? You're on a roll.

Four cars, three times each. That's zip for twelve.

Are you a mechanic or a NASA engineer?

I told you I've never dealt with Lamborghinis...

and yet you assured me that you could deliver the cars within that time frame.

Don't tell me that, 'cause I'm not even listening.

Sir, I hardly think that's necessary.

I'll explain that to my swing loan.

I'm into him for 200,000. That's thousand, three zeros.

I got my money tied up in these cars. If I don't get it, I am finished.

- Do you understand that? - You have to understand our situation.

I got a shark snappin' at my heels.

They could've taken the car and my business 11 days ago.

I am holding them off with a whip and a chair.

I understand that. I know delivery is way overdue.

This fuckin' E.P.A.! The whole world is chokin' on smog...

and they're gonna correct the situation by keeping my four cars off the road?

Babbitt Collectibles.

Have you tried cash? How much do these E.P.A. guys earn?

Charlie, Mr. Wyatt.

- Wyatt? - Yeah, about the swing Loan.

If he doesn't get the money by 5:30, he's gonna come and seize all the cars.

- I have to call you back. - You should talk to Mr. Babbitt.

Tell him you watched me sign the check on Tuesday, then you put it in the mail.

I need this. Come on.

I wouldn't do that until you talk to Mr. Babbitt.

His number? He's on the road now.

- He wants you to call him immediately. - Charlie--

Tell him I'm connecting to Barbados, arriving 1:30 a.m.

- Charlie! - Lenny, I'm standing right here.

Mr. Bateman wants to back out on his car and he wants to take Mr. Webb with him.

They want their down payments back. They found two cars at Valley Motors.

Tell him that that was me on the line, the cars just passed emissions...

and the E.P.A. paperwork will be in here momentarily.

- You payin' attention to me? - Yeah, I'm Listening.

Tell them also that I'm knocking off five grand on both their deals.

- Do you understand that, Lenny? - I got it.

Mr. Bateman, that was Mr. Babbitt on the other Line.

As it happens, the cars are passing emissions--

What am I saying? The cars have passed emissions.

We're waiting for the E.P.A. paperwork. We'll have that momentarily.

And because of your incredible patience...

we're going to knock off $5,000 on each car.

Well, yes, you've been most patient.

We really appreciate your patience. Well, thank you.

Thank you.

Ready for Palm Springs?

You still want to go with all these problems?

We're seconds away from closing this deal, clearing 75 grand.

- Not bad for a couple of phone calls. - No, not bad at all.

- You know where to find us, right? - Right.

I got it under control.

I don't want to be demanding...

but could you possibly say 10 or 12 words before we get to the hotel?

Consider it foreplay.

Can you include me in some of your thoughts?

I'm just thinkin'. Nothing special.

Maybe there's something that you're thinking about that we can talk.

If there was, Susanna, we'd be talkin' about it.

What's the big to-do about me thinkin'?

I just feel like I'm going away for a few days with someone. Call me crazy.

You wanna talk? Let's talk. How was your day?

I feel you're excluding me from what's going on. It's not that I wanna talk.

One of these again, Susanna. How did we get back to one of these?

I don't want to-- I don't know why I put up with all of this.

You wanted to go to Palm Springs, and we're goin'.

But I didn't wanna go alone. I've been sitting in this car for--

You wanna talk? Let's talk!

This is not talking.

- Yeah? - Charlie, this is Lenny.

I've been trying to contact you for a while.

I got a long-distance call from Mr. Mooney, your father's lawyer.

He's been trying to reach you.

Your father has died, Charlie.

I'm sorry. The funeral's tomorrow in Cincinnati. He said you'd know where.

- I've got his number. - That's not necessary.

Anything else?

- If there's anything I can do-- - All right.

- I'm sorry about the weekend, hon. - Charlie, the weekend?

I told you before, we had a falling-out a Long time ago.

My mother died when I was two. It was just him and me.

We just didn't get along.

- You're going to the funeral, no? - Yeah.

- I'm coming with you. - That's sweet, but there's no point.

I want to.

All right. Sorry. I forgot who I was talkin' to.

...to our beloved neighbor...

for our memory, admiration and respect for him...

will live beyond the years of his life on Earth.

Let us consecrate ourselves to follow his example of zest for Life...

dedication to family...

and charity to all.

And now, with sure and certain hope of resurrection Life...

we commend to you the soul of our departed friend.

Just have to go over the details of the will with him, and then we leave.

I can wait in the car.

Somebody should be watering those roses. They're all dying.

Knew this car my whole Life. Only drove it once.

A 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible. Only 8,000 production models made.

Straight-Eight. Fireball Eight.

It was the first full year of the Dynaflow transmission.

Know it by rote.

You were his only child.

You came along when he was...

what, 45 or something?

He probably thought he was never going to have a son...

so he had to love you.

I think you're exaggerating. You were his child, his son, his blood.

In these pictures here, he doesn't look Like a man who doesn't love his son.

What are you doin' lookin' at this? Put that away.

- You want to hear a story? - Don't get mad.

You know the convertible in the garage? His baby, that and the goddamn roses.

- The Buick. - The car was off-limits to me.

'That's a classic,' he'd say. 'It's not for children.'

Tenth grade, I'm 16 years old, and for once...

I bring home a report card, and it's almost all A's.

I go to my old man, 'Can I take the car out?'

Take the guys out in the Buick, sort of a victory drive.

He says, 'No.' I steal the keys, I sneak it out.

You took the car with no permission? Why? Why then?

Because l-- I deserved it.

Nothing I did was good enough for this guy. Don't you understand that?

We're on Columbia Parkway, four kids.

- We get pulled over. - An accident?

Pulled over.

- What is pulled over? Police? - Yes, police.

Can I finish? He called in a report of a stolen car.

Not 'his son took the car without permission.' Just 'stolen.'

Central Station. The other guys' dads bail 'em out in an hour.

- He left me there two days. - He left you in prison two days?

Two days.

Were you scared?

Yeah, I was scared.

Left home. I never saw him again.

Charlie, after a year we've been together...

this is the first time I've heard this story.

It's strange, huh?

I mean, how can you keep all this inside you and not say anything?

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

The rain what?

You know, one of those imaginary childhood friends.

- What happened to him? - Nothin'. I just grew up.

Not so much.

'And I remember, too, the day you left home...

so full of bitterness and grandiose ideas.

So full of yourself.

And being raised without a mother, the hardness of your heart...

is understandable as well.

Your refusal to even pretend that you loved or respected me...

all these I forgive.

But your failure to write, to telephone, to reenter my Life in any way...

has left me without a son.

I wish you all I ever wanted for you. I wish you the best.'

'l hereby bequeath to my son, Charles Sanford Babbitt...

that certain Buick convertible...

the very car that, unfortunately, brought our relationship to an end.

Also, outright title to my prizewinning hybrid rose bushes.

May they remind him of the value of excellence...

and the possibility of perfection.

As for my home and all other property, real and personal...

these shall be placed in trust in accordance with the terms of...

that certain instrument executed concurrently herewith.'

What does that mean?

It means that the estate, in excess of $3 million...

after expenses and taxes, will go into a trust fund...

for a beneficiary to be named in this document.

- Who is that? - I'm afraid I can't tell you that.

- Who controls the money? You? - No. He's called a trustee.

What is that? How does that work?

Forgive me, but there's nothing more I can say.

I'm sorry, son. I can see that you're disappointed.

Why should I be disappointed? I got rose bushes, didn't l?

What's his name got--

- What'd you call him? The-- - Beneficiary.

He got $3 million, but he didn't get the rose bushes.

I definitely got the rose bushes.

- Charles. - I mean, those are rose bushes.

- There's no need-- - To what?

To be upset?

To be upset?

If there is a hell, sir, my father's in it...

and he is looking up right now and he is laughing his ass off.

Sanford Babbitt. You wanna be that guy's son for five minutes?

- Were you Listening to that letter? - Yes, sir, I was.

Were you?

No. Could you repeat it? 'Cause I can't believe my fuckin' ears.

I was looking for you.

How did it go?

I got what I expected.

Susanna, this could take a few minutes.

- Can I help you? - I think you can.

I have a problem with a private trust and-- That's a terrific suit.

- Thank you. - My father was Sanford Babbitt.

Is this Wallbrook?

Excuse me. Is this Wallbrook?

Excuse me.

Dr. Bruner is still in conference.

Would you Like to wait in his office?

No, we'll stay here. Thank you.

Maybe we're not supposed to be looking around here.

Good to have you here. Good luck to all three of you.

Twenty dollars starts you all on an important match.

In what 1980 comedy film did Goldie Hawn get away from it all? Lisa?

- 'Private Benjamin.' - Excuse me, please.

I'd Like to watch the TV, please.

For whose grandson was the presidential retreat Camp David named?

- Lisa? - Eisenhower.

Right, for David Eisenhower. You've got another five.

Ten-dollar lead for Lisa.

In days of yore, what would a swashbuckler keep in his sheath?

Whatever this is, I don't understand the point of secrecy.

This patient is an old girlfriend of my father's?

I knew your father since you were two years old.

The year my mother died.

I'm trustee of the fund, but this hospital receives nothing from that.

Maybe that's something we could discuss.

I took on this burden out of loyalty to your father. My loyalty ends there.

And you think I should feel that loyalty?

I think you feel cheated out of your birthright...

by a man who had difficulty showing love.

And I think if I were in your shoes, I'd probably feel the same.

I was hoping that we could talk, that you would explain my father's side...

help me understand the right in what he's done.

Because, failing that, I have responsibilities of my own...

and they have to be met, even if that means a fight.

I'm sorry, this is not your car.

Yeah, my dad lets me drive slow on the driveway.

- I'm an excellent driver. - Are you sure that you drive this car?

There's only 28 miles on the odometer since I drove it a week ago Saturday.

- Should be more than 28 miles. - Look, my boyfriend is coming.

Of course, today's Monday.

I always drive the car on Saturday. Never drive on a Monday.

- Who is this guy? - He jumped into the car.

- Well, he can jump out. - I'm an excellent driver.

Yeah, that's good. Come on. I don't have time for this shit.

Why'd you let him get in? This is not a toy.

- He says he drives this car. - Dad lets me drive every Saturday.

Of course, the seats were originally brown leather.

Now they're pitiful red.

You know, these seats were brown leather.

- You know this car? - I know this car.

- How do you know this car? - I definitely know this car.

It's a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Straight-Eight. Fireball Eight.

Only 8,095 production models.

Dad lets me drive on the driveway, but not on Monday.

- Definitely not on Monday. - Who's your dad?

- Sanford Babbitt. - Who? Sanford Babbitt?

10961 Beechcrest Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.

That's my address. What is it with this guy? Hey!

- Who's your mother? - Eleanor Babbitt.

- Eleanor? - Died January 5th, 1965.

Who the hell are you? Wait a second. Where are you goin'?

Thirteen minutes to Judge Wapner and 'The People's Court.'

I wanna ask you a question.

What you are witnessing is real. The participants are not actors--

- I'm talkin' to you! - They're actual litigants.

Bruner, who is this guy?

Raymond is your brother.

My brother? I don't have a brother.

...and have your disputes settled here in our forum:

'The People's Court.'

'The People's Court.'

'The People's Court.'

Hello, I'm Doug Llewelyn, and welcome to 'The People's Court.'

- What is he, crazy? - No.

- Is he retarded? - Not exactly.

- Not crazy or retarded, but he's here. - He's an autistic savant.

I don't know what that means.

People Like him used to be called 'idiot savants.'

They have certain deficiencies, certain abilities.

- Well, he's retarded. - Autistic.

- Actually, high-functioning. - What does that mean?

It means that there's a disability that impairs the sensory input...

and how it's processed.

English here. You're talkin' over my head.

Raymond has a problem communicating and learning.

He can't even express himself or probably even...

understand his own emotions in a traditional way.

And after that, the dog bit him. I yelled at my dog.

There are dangers everywhere for Raymond.

Routines, rituals-- It's all he has to protect himself.

Rituals. That's a goo