What's the Difference between The Rainmaker the Book and The Rainmaker the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Rudy Baylor
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Rudy Baylor
Portrayed by: Matt Damon
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Deck Shifflet
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Deck Shifflet
Portrayed by: Danny DeVito
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Kelly Riker
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Kelly Riker
Portrayed by: Claire Danes
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Leo F. Drummond
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Leo F. Drummond
Portrayed by: Jon Voight
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Dot Black
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Dot Black
Portrayed by: Mary Kay Place
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Judge Harvey Hale
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Judge Harvey Hale
Portrayed by: Dean Stockwell
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Donny Ray Black
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Donny Ray Black
Portrayed by: Johnny Whitworth
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Ronny Ray Black
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This Character does not appear.
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Dr. Walter Kord
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This Character does not appear.
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Dr. Milton Jiffy
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This Character does not appear.
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Cooper Jackson
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This Character does not appear.
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Judge Tyrone Kipler
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Judge Tyrone Kipler
Portrayed by: Danny Glover
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Jackie Lemanczyk
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Jackie Lemanczyk
Portrayed by: Virginia Madsen
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The Rainmaker Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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Rudy and Deck set up their own small law firm in the cheap part of town. Rudy handles several small cases while getting ready to represent the Black family in court for the bad faith insurance lawsuit. |
Rudy and Deck have nothing else to do other than prepare for the Black lawsuit. |
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Rudy is in court for a hearing in front of Judge Hale. When asked if he is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, he says he is not, but has passed the bar exam. Leo Drummond (Trinley Britt lawyer for the Great Benefit Insurance Company) insults Rudy by saying "big deal!". Rudy say it is a big deal and mentions the name of a young lawyer that Leo recently hired who failed the bar exam. |
When Rudy say he is not licensed, he is mocked a bit in the court room, but then Leo vouches for him.
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Rudy has a good friend named Booker Kane. Booker is a classmate, black, married and has a job right out of law school with a well known civil rights firm. Booker fails the bar exam, but passes upon appeal. Booker sends collections cases to Rudy and Deck. They are not worth much, but Rudy will take anything he can get. |
Booker Kane and his wife are not in the film. |
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While working for Bruiser Stone and looking for accident victims to sign up at the local hospital, Rudy meets a young married woman (Kelly) who is routinely beaten by her husband, They become friends and meet up at times, but Rudy eventually says he will not see her anymore unless she files for divorce |
Rudy meets Kelly at the hospital, but does not keep in touch much until she files for divorce.
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Judge Kipler hates insurance companies and loved to sue them when he was a lawyer. He is very supportive of Rudy when it comes to dealing with Tinley and Britt. |
Judge Kipler is fair and unbiased. He is not as biased towards Rudy as shown in the book. |