Thanks for the feedback so far!
As we switch up decades, going back a few years, next film up is:
Rain Man (1988)
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Winner of 4 Oscars, sitting at No. 152 on the all time adjusted Box Office totals, made from a respectable $25m budget (it went on to collect over $170m domestically and doubled that worldwide - over $400m adjusted). It has an imdb rating of 8.0, metacritic score of 65 and 89% from RT.
Directed by Barry Levinson and written by Ronald Bass & Barry Morrow (who won an Oscar for this then faded into obscurity)
It was also the launchpad for composer Hans Zimmer
Starring the 80s version of Tom Cruise consolidating his star status after Top Gun and Dustin Hoffman who hadn't a hit for 6 long years after Tootsie. Valera Golino was the main supporting actress.
My thoughts? Well, its an interesting little look at Autism which surely made the audience more aware of the condition with Hoffman playing well with a greedy Mr Cruise, both perform well as i buy in to the characters. But i don't think its an amazing movie.
6/10
PS: During filming, Dustin Hoffman was unsure of the film's potential and his own performance. Three weeks into the project, Hoffman wanted out, telling Barry Levinson, "Get Richard Dreyfuss, get somebody, Barry, because this is the worst work of my life." Hoffman would nab his second Best Actor Academy Award for his work. Both Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro turned down the part of Raymond
PPS: On "Oprah", Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman said the "farting in the phone booth" bit was improvised when Hoffman actually passed gas while the scene was being filmed. Hoffman said it was his favorite scene ever.