This is the film that skyrocketed Tom Cruise as star. This is not only the first movie where Tom Cruise plays the lead character, it’s also the one that made him a star. He portrays Joel, a boy in his teens who lives on the northern suburbs of Chicago with his wealthy parents, who...
In "Rain Man," Cruise plays a self-absorbed car dealer who comes home to collect the money his deceased father has left behind. When he gets there, he discovers that he has an autistic older brother (Dustin Hoffman). The film won an Academy Award for best picture. "Mission: Impossible ...
While Brad Pitt doesn't attempt to hide how miserable he is (previously telling EW that he even tried to buy himself out of his contract), Cruise is really going for it as merciless killer vampire Lestat de Lioncourt. A young Kirsten Dunst is the real standout, but the movie suffers wh...
“a spiritual autistic.” His Charlie Babbitt had the ability to function in the real world, unlike his institutionalized brother, but in many ways he was just as emotionally boxed off from others. In creating this role, says Cruise, it was painful to confront the part of himself that in ...
Tom Cruiseis one of our greatest living movie stars, plain and simple. While the term “movie star” is used less and less in today’s Hollywood landscape, Cruise remains a tremendous entertainer, a larger-than-life performer—an icon of the silver screen, truly. His persona transcends celeb...
Stage Set for Autistic Licence; Voyage of Discovery: Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in the Film Rain Man. the Stage Version Has Josh Hartnett as Charlie and British Actor Adam Godley as Raymond
Because of this, Raymond finds out he has a brother named Charlie (Tom Cruise), whom he's never met before. Charlie, shocked by the news and the fact that he was left a lot less (rosebushes and a convertible), tracks Raymond down at a mental institution, where he learns Raymond has...
Tom Cruise will be happy — Avirex is back. The military-inspired brand best known for its leather jackets — one of which was made famous by Cruise in “Top Gun,” his hit movie from 1986 — is making a return for fall, just in time for “Top Gun: Maverick.” Avirex, which was ...
In "Rain Man," Cruise plays a self-absorbed car dealer who comes home to collect the money his deceased father has left behind. When he gets there, he discovers that he has an autistic older brother (Dustin Hoffman). The film won an Academy Award for best picture. ...
oppositePaul NewmaninThe Color of Money, which was directed byMartin Scorsese, and two years later starred as anautisticman’s selfish brother inRain Man. For his portrayal of aVietnam Warveteran turned activistRon KovicinBorn on the Fourth of July(1989), Cruise received his firstAcademy Award...