Call number
DVD-DRAMA 227
Collection
Publication
MGM (Video & DVD) (2014), Edition: Special Edition
Description
A callous young hustler living in California finds his father has died and left him only rose bushes and a '49 Buick convertible. Feeling cheated out of what he thinks should be his 3 million dollar inheritance, he kidnaps the autistic brother he never knew he had, and takes him on the ride of his life.
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LibraryThing member megumim
I think this story is a moving and moving and heart-warming story. At first'I don't like Charlie because he thinks only money. So he goes to Wallbrook Home and will try to fight with his brother’s doctor for his money. However,He was refused to get money. He takes Raymond from the place.
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Raymond is an autistic person. Although he can't feel and sticks to the same way to do everything,he experienced several things at that time. Though nobody knows he may be able to feel a little, I hope so. Show Less
LibraryThing member comfypants
A money-obsessed jackass takes his autistic brother on a roadtrip.
It feels a lot longer than it is, but even as an overly-long movie it's never quite boring. And the music is terrible. But otherwise, it's a great movie, the sort that can really effect you. I kept thinking about it for a while after
One thing that struck me re-watching this is occasional shots that give you a sort of alien sense of the world, especially the snap-shots that run over the credits. They somehow twist ordinary and easily-identifiable images to look like abstract shapes.
It feels a lot longer than it is, but even as an overly-long movie it's never quite boring. And the music is terrible. But otherwise, it's a great movie, the sort that can really effect you. I kept thinking about it for a while after
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watching it.One thing that struck me re-watching this is occasional shots that give you a sort of alien sense of the world, especially the snap-shots that run over the credits. They somehow twist ordinary and easily-identifiable images to look like abstract shapes.
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Awards
Academy Award (Nominee — Best Picture — 1988)
ISBN
0792859677 / 9780792859673
UPC
027616884169