Hard rain, the torrential, excitement swept thriller featuring a screenplay from the writer of speed and. No other sex tube is more popular and features more hard rain scenes than pornhub. The premise and story are nearly prefect, but the execution is sloppy. From beginning to end, i was acutely aware of actors being paid to stand in cold water. Hard rain is an implausible heist movie soaked in disaster movie trappings. Hard rain screenplay by graham yost 1998 shooting draft fade in rain falls from low grey clouds. The local sheriff randy quaid and town residents, having been through this before, are all.
Hard rain is the case of a movie that gets progressively worse with every passing minute. It is an international coproduction between the united states, the united kingdom, denmark, germany, and japan. Seriously, broken arrow and hard rain are almost the exact same movie. Hard rain is a 1998 actionthriller disaster film produced by mark gordon, written by graham yost, and directed by former cinematographer turned director mikael salomon. With morgan freeman, christian slater, randy quaid, minnie driver. Hard rain this movie was filmed in huntingburg indiana but because they needed the town to be flooded they recreated a lot of the locations in an airline hanger type of soundstage.
Hard rain is one of those movies that never convince you its stories are really happening. Hard rain by peter abrahams nook book ebook barnes. Fifty years ago, bob dylan wrote a hard rains gonna fall. Hard rain full movie hd morgan freeman latest movie youtube. As the flood waters rise, tom has to escape from jail if he is to save both the townspeoples savings and his own life. Although hard rain is a fairly good natural disasteraction film, id recommend passing on it and waiting for something with a better moral base. Hard rain internet movie firearms database guns in.
Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. Hard rain is a 1998 actionthriller disaster film produced by mark gordon, written by graham yost, and directed by former cinematographerturned director. Directing outlets and awards for my work as a producerdirector. The opening shot is a humdinger, starting out with a vast floodplain. The hard rain film was launched on dvd at the opening of the hard rain exhibition in copenhagen on 6 december 2009 the eve of the much heralded cop 15 united nations climate conference, which completely failed on its promise to deliver a meaningful postkyoto global climate agreement. Hard rain film is within the scope of wikiproject indiana, an open collaborative effort to coordinate work for, and sustain comprehensive coverage of the u. Morgan freeman plays the leader of the group of robbers, but hes essentially playing the role of babysitter for most of the film. Hard rain is one of the movies that gives him an opportunity to be likeable and actiony at the same time. When he goes to the vans back the gun is in his hand but in the next scene he hasnt. There are some weird cgi shots, which feel completely out of place. Imagine the stretchiness of a balloon, and youve got the allproof. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it for any disaster movie fans or of. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Today hard rain speaks to us not of bombs but of other types of planetary death, says the hard rain project, a notforprofit company.
Hard rain may not be the most inventive of thriller plots, essentially boiling down to an extended chase with all concerned after the moneybags, but its extremely impressive as a physical production. Under the name spencer quinn, he writes the new york timesbestselling chet and. My top 2 christian slater movies are broken arrow 1996 and this one hard rain 1998, which christian slater started and co produced him self. Now if theyd only thought about changing the story to include a flood rising up and around an amusement park filled with dangerous rides and if they would have presented it in sensurround then that would have been a completely different matter. Instances of dnr pull needed detail out of faces, though the perpetual moisture of the film still manages to read clearly. Once the film is trimmed, wrap the hard card in a paper towel and use it to push any remaining bubbles and water to the outside edge. That contributes to the look of the film in a way thats hard to describe. Rent hard rain 1998 starring morgan freeman and christian slater on dvd and bluray. Hard rain on dvd 0973633278 from paramount pictures. The river muddy, slow and powerful, overflowing its banks. I dont think enough action films do this for my liking. Solid and wellcrafted actionheist flick that you gotta give props for setting in the middle of a town being overwhelmed by a flood of truly biblical proportions. Stretchy waterproof fabrics are one of the big themes for rain jackets in 2018, and the north faces allproof stretch wins the prize, easily, for the stretchiest available.
Hard rain is too intense for younger audiences, and the violence and profanity definitely warrant the rrating. Hard rain 59 movie clip and into the river wed dive 1998 hd duration. Staring edward asner, minnie driver, christian slater and randy quaid. Hard rain, the torrential, ex citementswept thriller featuring a screenplay from the writer of speed and the onscreen talents of morgan freeman deep impact, christian sla ter broken arrow, randy quaid independence day and. When waiting for the national guard, they encounter an attack led by jim and his gang of robbers. If any bubbles remain, use the hard card to push them towards the edge. It stars christian slater, morgan freeman, randy quaid, minnie driver and ed asner. They discuss a recent event that shook the community that involved the bloody murder of a samurai. It stars christian slater, morgan freeman, randy quaid, minnie driver, and ed asner.
Hard rains gonna fall means somethings gonna happen. In fact, while the jackets exterior is soft brushed nylon, its interior even feels like a balloon. Brad bird shares his classic film picks as guest curator. Hard rain had already been unanimously hailed as a box office dud. A worthy action thriller, hard rain has too many expletives to qualify as a family movie. Suspension of my disbelief in this case would have required psychotropic medications. This, of course, being completely shallow because this is one of multiple indiana films in which i am an extra. The nephew of an armoredtruck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a local rival gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm. The reservoir filled to the maximum, water thundering out. To be frank tough, its a shame people skipped out on hard rain, because its a solid disaster flick. The overall camera work is pretty bad, just like in tv movie.
Dysart, and betty white highlight hard rains supporting cast. The guys he has helping him are a collection of morons and characters with special needs. There are a handful of decent human beings, a whole bunch of greedy aholes, and some old folks for comedy relief, and its not hard to tell whos who. I submit to you exhibit a, firstly, bloody stupid title, i mean what the hell is that supposed to mean. Morgan freeman, christian slater, randy quaid, minnie. Hard rain is a 1998 actionthriller disaster film produced by mark gordon, written by graham yost, and directed by former cinematographerturned director mikael salomon.
Hard rain is quite a strange film in how it switches morgan freemans character from villain to good guy just over halfway in and im here for it. Hard rain 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. For all i know, a massive flood like the one in hard rain could happen at. Its about the rain not coming, said eelum dixit at the 15th mumbai film festival, using the dry period before the summer monsoon as a metaphor for kathmandus urban youth who are waiting for something.
This is easily one of the most unusual movies i have worked on when it comes to figuring out these locations. All together this small team of robbers are weak and completely ineffective within the movie, you. Then, in one smooth, continuous motion, trim the excess film from the edges using the hard card and a razor knife. The producers and screenwriters have wisely chosen to set the flood as a backdrop to a highconcept heist drama, rather than promoting the film as another natural disaster movie. Hard rain directed by mikael salomon produced by allison lyon segan, ian bryce, mark gordon, gary levinsohn written by graham yost cast christian slater, morgan freeman, randy quaid, minnie driver, betty white, edward asner, michael goorjian edited by amnon david, paul hirsch, gillian l. Hard rain mikael salomon, morgan freeman, christian. Randy quaid sneers a lot, and is totally unconvincing. If you like hard rain you are looking for serious, suspenseful and realistic movies about with small town, evacuation, crimes, crime, dishonesty, armored car and chase themes of action, crime and drama genre shot in usa or uk. We knew the only way to do this picture was in a controlled situation, because water in its natural environment is completely uncontrollable. Using this facility kept costs from skyrocketing and limited the amount of location work needed in huntingburg. In red monsoon, filmmaker eelum dixit takes an unforgiving look at a parched kathmandu.
This is easily one of the most unusual movies i have worked on when it. A few of the things that make hard rain stand out are of course, morgan freeman, who makes any film better. An underrated incredible disaster action heist film from the 90s and one of the best christian slaters movies. Peter abrahams is the author of thirtythree novels.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Get swept up in the action as an armored car driver christian slater tries to elude a gang of thieves led by morgan freeman while a flood. The movie follows an armored truck driver tom and his uncle charlie who get stuck in huntingburg where residents are evacuated due to a flood after they collected the money from local banks. The hard rain project whole earth exhibition in pictures. Hard rain brief information hard rain also known as the flood is a 1998 americanbritish action thriller disaster movie, produced by mark gordon, written by graham yost the writerproducer team also behind the film speed and directed by former cinematographer turned director mikael salomon. It was 2 in the morning when i stumbled across the opening of that film, which just completely hooks you immediately, and i ended up staying up till 4. Four recounts of the same story are told during the film. But if hard rain doesnt keep you glued to the screen from beginning to end, adjust your meds and watch it. Postproduction clients, brands, and outlets for my work as an editor include. The 90s, the era of many pointless, tacky and stupid action flicks. There are countless rain scenes from different movies that any cinephile can name without even thinking about it.
Overall, hard rain is the kind of film that most people will see, enjoy, and forget five minutes later. Later tom has to run away with the money bags and stashes them in a cemetery. Christian slater, morgan freeman, randy quaid, minnie driver, ed asner, official content from. Oh, the film is wellmade from a technical viewpoint. The actors are awesome, especially freeman and slater. Hard rain paramount pictures wiki fandom powered by wikia. This movie was released as a thriller rather than a disaster flick.
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