The Rainmaker is a 1997 English-language Crime Drama motion picture written by John Grisham, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Herr. The movie is directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Steven Reuther, Michael Douglas and Fred Fuchs. The rainmaker stars Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny Devito and Claire Robinson. The screenplay is written by Francis Ford Coppola which is inspired from The Rainmaker by John Grisham. The music was composed by Elmer Bernstein. Cinematography was done by John Toll and editing by Melissa Kent and Barry Malkin. The film has a running time of 135 minutes. It was released on 16th April 1998. The Rainmaker was made on a budget of $40 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $45 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Paramount Pictures.