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A real on-set accident became a memorable scene in Rain Man
Rain Man, released in 1988, stars Tom Cruise as Charlie and Dustin Hoffman as his older brother Raymond, an autistic man Charlie has only just discovered.
After their father dies, Charlie takes Raymond on a road trip, hoping to gain access to part of the inheritance.
During a scene in a phone booth, Hoffman passed gas, and Cruise reacted by asking if he had really done it.
The moment was not scripted, and Hoffman later said the fart was real.
Director Barry Levinson chose to keep the take, and Cruise later confirmed it was the one used in the film.
The scene became a comic moment in a film that won four Oscars, including best picture and best actor for Hoffman.
A real, unscripted fart by Dustin Hoffman became part of a memorable scene in Rain Man.
Tom Cruise’s reaction in the phone booth was also spontaneous, and the take was kept in the film.
Director Barry Levinson decided the exchange should remain after hearing it during filming.
Hoffman later said the moment was not written in the script.
Rain Man, released in 1988, won four Oscars.
- Who
- Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, with director Barry Levinson deciding to keep the scene.
- What
- A real fart and Cruise’s spontaneous reaction became part of a Rain Man scene.
- When
- The film was released in 1988; Hoffman discussed the incident in a 2009 interview.
- Where
- In a phone booth scene in Rain Man.
- Why
- The moment was kept because Levinson thought the exchange should appear in the film.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
When we're in the phone booth and I let out a fart, it was a real fart. It wasn't written in the screenplay.
It was real and that was the take that was kept. I was disgusted.
Hoffman let out a real fart while he and Cruise were waiting for the take to begin in the phone booth.
Levinson decided to keep the exchange in the film.
Rain Man was released.
Hoffman recounted that the phone-booth moment was real and unscripted in an interview with Esquire.
- Film
- Rain Man
- Release year
- 1988
- Actors in the scene
- Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
- Director
- Barry Levinson
- Awards
- Four Oscars
Sources
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