I find it very interesting that stage productions of movies show popularity, such as All About My Mother, Brief Encounter, Terms of Endearment and the Disney films. Now, Rain Man is debuting at London’s West End with performances later this summer. Josh Hartnett is set to play Tom Cruise’s character, a narcissistic car dealer. Adam Godley is set to play the older autistic brother.
The story told in the original Rain Man, which won four Oscars in 1989 including best picture and actor for Hoffman, centers on a road trip taken by Cruise’s character with his older autistic brother whom he knew nothing about until his father’s death.
The stage version, which runs Aug. 28-Dec. 20 at the Apollo Theater, with a press opening set for Sept. 9, will be updated.
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