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MOVIES - Sept. 13, 1988

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<i> Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press</i>

Dustin Hoffman’s portrayal of an autistic character in the coming film “Rain Man” has prompted the Academy Award-winning actor to help raise funds to battle the behavior disorder. Hoffman, who plays an autistic man who inherits $3 million, will attend a Huntington, W. Va., premiere of “Rain Man” on Dec. 11 to benefit the city’s Autism Services Center.

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