Nine pages of the original storyboard for the film Rain Man that revealed autism to the public, starring Tom Cruise.

• Nine pages of storyboard from the film Rain Man, for the « accident » scene.
• Signature of artist James Hegedus.
• Drawings and various notes, in black pen.
• 21.6 cm x 28 cm.
• 1987.
• Excellent condition of conservation.
• Unique piece.

Rain Man is a classic film, which won four Oscars in 1989. Charlie Babbitt, a young entrepreneur, travels to a psychiatric hospital to find out who the beneficiary of the fortune his father left him when he died. Charlie discovers that the beneficiary is Raymond, an autistic older brother he had never met. The two then travel through the United States, learning to live together despite many difficulties. Finally, very worried about his brother, money ceases to be Charlie's priority.

A storyboard – a sequence of comic strips – is designed to mark the main passages of a story that will be told in a film as closely as possible to how it will appear on screen. A good storyboard should convey the rhythm, mood and emotions of the scenes. The storyboarding process, in the format in which it is known today, was developed by Walt Disney Studios in the early 1930s.

Storyboards from major films are very rare as directors and actors often keep these documents as mementos of their work. The storyboard artist is James Hegedus, who worked as a production illustrator on Forrest Gump and Rain Man , both Oscar-winning films.