Continuity mistake: One morning Rudy wakes up from the clattering noises Ms. Birdie is making when she unloads a number of biggish garden tools from a wheelbarrow. The camera cuts to Rudy who is trying to sleep while we hear her unloading, then back to Ms. Birdie where the number of tools on the wheelbarrow has gone up again. (00:22:20)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Matt Damon, Jon Voight, Mickey Rourke, Claire Danes
Matt Damon wins the case to the tune of fifty million dollars. However, the insurance company declares bankruptcy so there will be no payout. Rudy decides to teach law rather than practice it and he and Kelly drive off together. Kelly doesn't get prosecuted for killing her husband as it was self defense.
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Rudy Baylor: Sworn in by a fool and vouched for by a scoundrel. I'm a lawyer at last.
Question: Why is Danny Glover as judge Tyrone Kipler not credited?
Chosen answer: I don't know why, but he asked not to be in the credits.
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Answer: I don't know how prevalent this is (or how it actually works), but one possibility would be that he was under contract with a particular agency (or company/ business) and could only receive credit for work performed under this contract and/or no other agency could benefit from using him. His name cannot show up in something he did outside of that contract.
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