Father and Son

Twenty years since “Rain Man” won four Oscars, the film is still impacting young and old. Recently, an event at the Salt Lake City Main Library proved that. In early 2009, film fans filled the theater to see the real ‘Rain Man’ Kim Peek, his father Fran, and ‘Rain Man’ screenwriter Barry Morrow celebrate 20 years of the ‘Rain Man’ and increased awareness of autism and other disabilities, mental and physical. The event was hosted by Stephen Carnegie, art savant and owner of Carnegie Entertainment.
A beautiful and inspiring event, the Rain Man 20th Anniversary celebration was designed to bring awareness back to mental illness as well as to let the audience and the world know how much individuals with mental and physical disabilities can do with their unique sensibilities. Kim Peek summed up the evening by saying,”Learning to recognize and respect differences in others and treat them as much as you want them to treat you will make this a better world to live in… You don’t have to be handicapped to be different. Everybody’s different.”