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Dustin M. Hoffman writes stories about working people. He's the author of the story collection No Good for Digging and the fiction chapbook Secrets of the Wild (Word West Press). His first book One-Hundred-Knuckled Fist (University of Nebraska Press) won the 2015 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. He spent ten years painting houses in Michigan before ...
Dec 16, 1988 · Rain Man: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen. After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.
Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the younger son of Lillian, a jazz pianist, and Harry Hoffman, who worked as a prop supervisor / set decorator at Columbia Pictures before becoming a furniture salesman. [1] [2] His brother, Ronald, is a lawyer and economist. Hoffman's family was Jewish, although he was not brought up religious ...
Rain Man is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass.It tells the story of abrasive, selfish, young wheeler-dealer Charlie Babbitt (), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed virtually all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant of whose ...
Oct 26, 2023 · Dustin Hoffman is an acclaimed actor whose films rank among the best of all time.A leading figure in the New Hollywood Era, Hoffman rose to prominence with Mike Nichols' 1967 romantic comedy-drama ...
Dec 17, 1982 · Tootsie: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman. Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Jan 23, 2013 · Dustin Hoffman joined George Stephanopoulos in the "Good Morning America"studio today to talk about "Quartet," the new movie he directed. It hits theaters Friday. Aside from sharing his thoughts ...
