IM AN EXCELLENT DRIVER.............................. RAIN MAN PREMIERED ON THIS DAY- DECEMBER 16, 1988. THE RAYMOND CHARACTER WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY AND FRIENDLY, BUT AFTER AN INITIAL READING OF THE SCRIPT, DUSTIN HOFFMAN LOBBIED TO MAKE THE CHARACTER A WITHDRAWN AUTISTIC. AFTER THREE WEEKS ON THE FILM, DUSTIN WANTED OUT OF THE HE FILM. HE BEGGED DIRECTOR BARRY LEVINSON: GET RICHARD DREYFUSS, GET SOMEBODY BARRY, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WORST WEEK OF MY LIFE. THE AIRPORT SCENE WAS BANNED BY EVERY AIRLINE EXCEPT QANTAS. IN FACT, WHEN ONE OF THE FILMS WRITERS WAS ON A QANTAS FLIGHT, HE WAS PROMOTED TO FIRST CLASS.
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