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MIPCOM Picks: BEST IN SHOW: The Rainman Twins

In 1988, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise played an unlikely but lovable duo in the surprise hit Rain Man. Hoffman was magnetic as Raymond Babbitt, an autistic savant with a peculiar bent for Judge Wapner. But there is a real-life pair of 'rain women' who are as dramatic and fascinating as anything Hollywood could imagine. Flo and Kay Lyman are the only identical twin autistic savant sisters known to exist.

October 6, 2008

In 1988, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise played an unlikely but lovable duo in the surprise hit Rain Man. Hoffman was magnetic as Raymond Babbitt, an autistic savant with a peculiar bent for Judge Wapner. But there is a real-life pair of 'rain women' who are as dramatic and fascinating as anything Hollywood could imagine. Flo and Kay Lyman are the only identical twin autistic savant sisters known to exist.