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• Real-life ‘Rain Man’ dies at 58

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 713
  Kim Peek, the man on whom the titular character of the popular 1988 film Rain Man was based, has died of a massive heart attack at the age of 58. Peek was known as a “mega-savant,” diagnosed at the age of 9 months with severe mental retardation, but able by the age of 16 months to read and retain massive ...
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• Kim Peek Biography

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 162
  kim peek, kim peek biography, kim peek the real rain man, rain man, rainman, dustin hoffman :Kim had suffered a major heart attack on Saturday (December 19) and was pronounced dead at a hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.Over the years, Kim has inspired a lot of people. He had mental handicaps but scientists and ...
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• Kim Peek Dies At 58

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  By Ranjan BhaduriDec.22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kim Peek known as a famous and unusual resident of Utah, passed away on Saturday. The apparent cause of his demise was a cardiac attack. He came into spotlight nearly two decades back. He was recognized as one of the main inspirations behind the character of Dustin Hoffman in ...
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• Kim Peek, savant who inspired Rain Man, dies

  
  Daily Contributor — Authority: 586
  Kim Peek , the man who inspired the 1988 comedy-drama film Rain Man , has died. He was 58. Kim had suffered a major heart attack on Saturday (December 19) and was pronounced dead at a hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Over the years, Kim has inspired a lot of people. He had mental handicaps but scientists and ...
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• Surprise your loved ones with Bokks ‘gift imagineering’

  
  Born Rich — Authority: 669
  These holiday gift guides that have suddenly sprung up on the web in the last couple of weeks, show that most of us lack the art to make that preciously packaged surprise a cherished one. So, why not keep this task to the experts and see your loved ones scream in joy? This London-based company, Bokks , has mastered ...
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• Going Home For Christmas: Goodbye To Kim Peek

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  While some may dislike the Oscar winning film, "Rain Man," it has always had a special place in my heart.  For me, watching it was a revelation - it gave me a name, for the first time, for what made me different.  When I read today that the man who inspired the movie, Kim Peek, passed away last Saturday , I was ...
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• Father: Utah man who inspired Rain Man dies (AP)

  
  ShowHype - Top Movies News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 170
  SALT LAKE CITY - The man who inspired the title character in the Oscar-winning movie "Rain Man" has died. Kim Peek was 58. His father, Fran, says Peek had a major heart attack Saturday morning and was pronounced dead at a hospital in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray. Peek was a savant with a ... Oh No They Didnt! ...
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• “Rain Man” Kim Peek Dies at 58

  
  Blippitt.com — Authority: 610
  Kim Peek , the Utah man who inspired the main character in the 80s movie "Rain Man", has died.  He was 58 years old. His father, Fran Peek, says he suffered major heart attack on Saturday and was pronounced dead at a hospital in Murray, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Peek was a true savant with an incredible memory.  ...
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• Kim Peek, Rain Man Inspiration, Dies

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 676
  Kim Peek, the inspiration for the movie "Rain Man," has died. The 1988 film, about an autistic savant (Dustin Hoffman) and his hustler brother (Tom Cruise) won several Oscars. Kim Peek was 58, and died of an apparent heart attack.
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• La Gaviota

  
  Cheshire Cat Photo Blog (... said the Cat: 'we're all mad here....') — Authority: 128
  The men of explorer Gaspar de Portolà ’s expedition named the place La Gaviota, Spanish for seagull , in 1769 . The official diarist of the expedition, Father Juan Crespí , called the coastline San Luis, in honor of the King of France. Later, during the Mexican-American War , when General John C. Frémont ...
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• Brittany Murphy: To Remember

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 741
  In 1999, a few weeks before The Devil’s Arithmetic went into production, I met with stars Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, and Mimi Rogers in Dustin Hoffman’s Brentwood office. Dustin and Mimi had rescued my script from development hell—a seven year limbo—and were serving as Executive Producers. Mimi was ...
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• Runaway Jury

  
  The Canadian Cinephile's Reviews — Authority: 119
  Runaway Jury is not a movie about gun control. Despite what many reactionary pundits might say, this 2003 legal thriller based on a book by John Grisham is about the nature of influence in justice. It is about how people shape their opinions and choices and about what can influence a jury in the imperfect, subjective ...
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• Approach Anxiety No More!

  
  Dating Tips and Dating Advice by David Wygant — Authority: 424
  Some of you email me and tell me how it’s so painful to go and talk to women (or to men). Do you want to know about real pain? I basically relived the movie “Marathon Man” the other day. For those of you who don’t know this movie, look at the video down below and see what I experienced at the dentist. ...
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• Review: Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman

  
  Steady Diet of Film — Authority: 463
  Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman is an utterly affablelook at the life of the now-deceased photographer whose depictions ofSouthern California modernist architecture made a hippy artisticmovement into a lasting cultural phenomenon. Schulman (an activeparticipant in the documentary who passed away ...
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• BTWF roles: Dustin Hoffman on Naked City

  
  Seriously? OMG! WTF? — Authority: 149
  (starts at :40 in) Before Dustin Hoffman was a man pretending to be a woman in Tootsie, he got shot by a man pretending to be a cop on Naked City. The Oscar winner was really hot when he was 25 in that 1963 episode and his acting has really improved since them. That scene where he got shot was so bad, that is was ...
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• George Clooney Presents Jerry Weintraub Humanitarian Award

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 547
  On December 10, the UNICEF Ball brought together Hollywood’s biggest stars for a fundraising gala to honor those individuals who have made key contributions to UNICEF’s mission to save and improve children’s lives worldwide. The evening raised more money for the organization than any UNICEF Ball to date. ...
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• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: LITTLE BIG MAN

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 541
  On this day in 1970, NATIONAL GENERAL PICTURES released LITTLE BIG MAN. Directed by ARTHUR PENN from the novel by WILLIAM BERGER, this Western epic was slick and highly amusing. Told in flashback by the incredibly old Jack Crabb, the film chronicled his being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer. The ...
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• Moviegoer Diary: Straight Time, Peter Ibbetson

  
  The Moviegoer — Authority: 123
  STRAIGHT TIME Plot In A Nutshell Ulu Grosbard’s 1978 drama about a career criminal named Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) and his attempts to stay on the straight and narrow after serving six years in jail for burglary. Thoughts My former SEE colleague Bill Sorochan has been urging me to do a write-up about this ...
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• Moviegoer Diary: Straight Time, Peter Ibbetson

  
  [CinemaRatty] Latest Articles — Authority: 169
  STRAIGHT TIME Plot In A Nutshell Ulu Grosbard’s 1978 drama about a career criminal named Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) and his attempts to stay on the straight and narrow after serving six years in jail for burglary. Thoughts My former SEE colleague Bill Sorochan has been urging me to do a write-up about this ...
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• Straw Dogs

  
  The Agitation of the Mind — Authority: 127
  "Jesus, I got em all." Background Because of his public falling out with Warner Brothers over cuts to The Wild Bunch and their dismissive release of The Ballad of Cable Hogue , Peckinpah lost out on the chance to direct Deliverance even though James Dickey, whose novel it was based on, urged them that ...
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