The Rainmaker
John Grisham’s novel comes to life in Francis Ford Coppola’s courtroom drama pitting the little guy against a large corporation. Rudy Baylor, an inexperienced Memphis lawyer, and his legal sidekick, Deck Schifflet, defend a leukemia victim against an insurance company and its hotshot lawyer Leo Drummond(Oscar Winner Jon Voight). Along the way Rudy befriends an abused woman, helping her escape her husband. The courtroom scenes between Damon and Voight are the highlight of this legal yarn as Rudy learns the tough price of being a good lawyer.
