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1988 "RAIN MAN" opening day advertisement...
1988 "RAIN MAN" opening day advertisement...
Item # 718552
December 20, 1988
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 20, 1988
* "Rain Man" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* American road comedy-drama
* Tom Cruise & Dustin Hoffman
Page 85 has a nice advertisement for the opening day of "RAIN MAN" in Manhattan. (see image)
AI notes: Rain Man, released in 1988 and directed by Barry Levinson, is a critically acclaimed drama that explores themes of family, disability, and emotional growth. The film stars Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt, a self-centered car dealer who discovers that his estranged brother Raymond, portrayed by Dustin Hoffman, is an autistic savant with extraordinary memory abilities but limited emotional and social skills. After learning that Raymond has inherited the bulk of their deceased father's estate, Charlie takes him on a cross-country journey that begins as a scheme to gain access to the money but gradually becomes a path to personal transformation. Hoffman's portrayal of Raymond earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the film won four Oscars in total, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. By the time 1998 arrived, Rain Man had solidified its place in cinematic history, often referenced in popular culture and studied for its groundbreaking depiction of autism at a time when public understanding of the condition was limited.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete in 176 pages, one fold across the center, nice condition.
Provenance: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive.
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Category: The 20th Century
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