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* DawsonCasting: Dustin Hoffman, who was 51 at the time the film was released, plays Raymound Babbitt, whose exact age is never given but is implied to be in his early 40s since he was 18 when the incident with baby Charlie happened that caused him to be institutionalized.

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* DawsonCasting: Dustin Hoffman, who was 51 at the time the film was released, plays Raymound Raymond Babbitt, whose exact age is never given but is implied to be in his early 40s since he was 18 when the incident with baby Charlie happened that caused him to be institutionalized.
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* DawsonCasting: Dustin Hoffman, who was 51 at the time the film was released, plays Raymound Babbitt, who is in his early 40s.

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* DawsonCasting: Dustin Hoffman, who was 51 at the time the film was released, plays Raymound Babbitt, who whose exact age is never given but is implied to be in his early 40s.40s since he was 18 when the incident with baby Charlie happened that caused him to be institutionalized.
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* DawsonCasting: Dustin Hoffman, who was 51 at the time the film was released, plays Raymound Babbitt, who is in his early 30s.

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* DawsonCasting: Dustin Hoffman, who was 51 at the time the film was released, plays Raymound Babbitt, who is in his early 30s.40s.
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* DescendedCreator: Creator/JTWalsh was originally supposed to play the psychiatrist at the end of the movie. When he couldn't, Creator/BarryLevinson filled in, after Creator/DustinHoffman suggested it. Levinson said if he didn't like the way it looked, he would have someone else film it. He ad-libbed repeatedly to "push Creator/MichaelCaine's buttons".

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* DescendedCreator: Creator/JTWalsh was originally supposed to play the psychiatrist at the end of the movie. When he couldn't, Creator/BarryLevinson filled in, after Creator/DustinHoffman suggested it. Levinson said if he didn't like the way it looked, he would have someone else film it. He ad-libbed repeatedly to "push Creator/MichaelCaine's Creator/TomCruise's buttons".
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* DawsonCasting: Dustin Hoffman, who was 51 at the time the film was released, plays Raymound Babbitt, who is in his early 30s.
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** The part of Susanna had originally been written as a [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASPish]] blonde woman. By having a foreigner (Italian actress Creator/ValeriaGolino) play the role, whose native tongue wasn't English, it allowed for Tom Cruise's character to do a lot of exposition.

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** The part of Susanna had originally been written as a [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASPish]] blonde woman. By having a foreigner (Italian actress Creator/ValeriaGolino) play the role, whose native tongue wasn't English, English play the role, it allowed for Tom Cruise's character to do a lot of exposition.
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** The part of Susanna had originally been written as a [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASPish]] blonde woman. By having a foreigner play the role, whose native tongue wasn't English, it allowed for Tom Cruise's character to do a lot of exposition.

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** The part of Susanna had originally been written as a [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASPish]] blonde woman. By having a foreigner (Italian actress Creator/ValeriaGolino) play the role, whose native tongue wasn't English, it allowed for Tom Cruise's character to do a lot of exposition.
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* DuelingMovies: With ''Film/{{Twins}}''.

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* DuelingMovies: With ''Film/{{Twins}}''.''Film/Twins1988''.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Writer Barry Marrow based Raymond on a real life Autistic man he met. He admits that he took the man away from the institute and took him on a road trip.

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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Writer Barry Marrow based Raymond on a real life Autistic autistic man he met. He admits that he took the man away from the institute and took him on a road trip.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/DustinHoffman was originally hired to play the part of Charlie Babbit, but after being moved to tears seeing a savant named Leslie Lemke (who is blind, has an intellectual disablity and cerebral palsy) play full concertos on the piano by ear, he decided to play the part of Raymond instead.

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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/DustinHoffman was originally hired to play the part of Charlie Babbit, but after being moved to tears seeing a savant named Leslie Lemke (who is blind, has an intellectual disablity disability and cerebral palsy) play full concertos on the piano by ear, he decided to play the part of Raymond instead.



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* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Creator/DustinHoffman but retroactively thankfully PlayedStraight with the extras at the group home facility where Raymond resides who have actual developmental disabilities.

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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/DustinHoffman was originally hired to play the part of Charlie Babbit, but after being moved to tears seeing a savant named Leslie Lemke (who is blind, mentally handicapped, and has cerebral palsy) play full concertos on the piano by ear, he decided to play the part of Raymond instead.

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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/DustinHoffman was originally hired to play the part of Charlie Babbit, but after being moved to tears seeing a savant named Leslie Lemke (who is blind, mentally handicapped, has an intellectual disablity and has cerebral palsy) play full concertos on the piano by ear, he decided to play the part of Raymond instead.


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