The Rainmaker
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Sep 11, 2026
Paul ScheerHOST
About six years ago, he does Godfather Part III, and then he does this.
Jason MantzoukasHOST
He makes the John Grisham mo- He does Rain Maker.
Jason MantzoukasHOST
He does, like he does a bunch of, like, kind of duds, including this movie.
Paul ScheerHOST
Well, here's the thing.
Petros PapadakisHOST
...
Petros PapadakisHOST
but this, you know, like Danny DeVito in The Rainmaker? [laughs]
Matt Money SmithHOST
There you go.
Petros PapadakisHOST
I'm not a real lawyer.
Mike RyanHOST
know, but speaking of hired gun, I, I, I don't want to make it sound like I don't, of course I appreciate him as a director, but like, I, you know what? I think he has a great movie of his that's underrated.
Mike RyanHOST
The Rainmaker.
Michael H. WeberGUEST
I knew you were going to say that for several years.
Mike RyanHOST
It's like a great Grisha movie.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
But yeah, but she was great in it.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
And then let's see, you got The Rainmaker in 1997, which pops up on a lot of lists, like a good courtroom movie.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
Corporations refusing life-saving coverage.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
Hello, that feels like Oscar bait.
JasonHOST
He did a film called The Young Graduates in 1971, The Hoax in 1972, Legends of the Fall in 1994.
JasonHOST
And then after Braveheart, he went on to go do Jack in 96, The Rainmaker in 1997, The Thin Red Line in 1998, Almost Famous in 2000.
JasonHOST
Man, that was a...
JasonHOST
Real – almost famous in like 2000, 2001 was a movie that I loved the hell out of and that I haven't seen since.
Mike SmithHOST
Mimi Leder's The Peacemaker, starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman.
Mike SmithHOST
Not to be confused with The Peacekeeper or The Rainmaker.
Mike SmithHOST
Right.
Mike SmithHOST
Both Roy Scheider movies that are also both from 1997. big year 92 Joan Allen's to yeah peacemaker peacekeeper and rainmaker all coming out at the same time my god yes opening number three was a movie called soul food with Vanessa Williams and Vivica a Fox and opening number four was the edge with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin do you I do not know that movie I've never seen
Egberto WilliesHOST
Mm-hmm.
Marlon WeemsHOST
I mean, it was like straight out of The Rainmaker.
Marlon WeemsHOST
[laughs]
Egberto WilliesHOST
Yeah.
Boyd HiltonHOST
Wednesday 26th, 8:00 PM.
Boyd HiltonHOST
Um, The Rainmaker, which is the-
James DyerHOST
Grisham
Boyd HiltonHOST
... it's about an, a year old, this show.
MaulerHOST
And the rest being Men in Black, Jurassic Park 2, Liar Liar, Air Force One, As Good as It Gets, My Best Friend's Wedding, Tomorrow Never Dies, Hercules, George of the Jungle, Good Will Hunting, L.A.
MaulerHOST
Confidential, The Sweet Hereafter, Amistad, The Wings of the Dove, The Box, The Rainmaker, The Apostle, Boogie Nights, Jackie Brown, Lost Highway, Cop Land, Chasing Amy, Hard Eight, [inhales] Nil by Mouth, Princess Mononoke, Perfect Blue, Children of Heaven, Funny Games, The Fifth Element, Gattaca, Contact, Starship Troopers, the GameCube, Devil's Advocate, Breakdown, The Edge, Donnie Brasco, Face/Off, Con Air, Absolute Power, Austin Powers: The Full Monty, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, one of my favorites I think.
MaulerHOST
Uh-
The Critical DrinkerHOST
[laughs]
Spencer SapienzaHOST
He makes a big budget high concept star vehicle, Robin Williams in Jack, the one film we're not showing in this retrospective.
Spencer SapienzaHOST
And he adapts a popular novel, John Grisham's The Rainmaker, all to, I would say, mixed success.
Spencer SapienzaHOST
I know you wanna talk about Jack, Jimmy.
Jimmy CorkHOST
I wanna talk about Jack.
Lindsay HarveyGUEST
Yeah.
Lindsay HarveyGUEST
[laughs]
Jimmy CorkHOST
Following The Rainmaker, Coppola takes a 10-year absence from directing films, but returns in 2007 with the unwieldy, surreal drama, Youth Without Youth.
Jimmy CorkHOST
Here to talk about Youth Without Youth...
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