Hard Rain (1998)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Mikael Salomon

Writer (WGA):

Graham Yost (written by)

Release Date:

16 January 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

In the worst storm in living memory, one guard stands between five men and three million dollars.

Plot:

Set during a massive flood started by a dam accident in a small town, Christian Slater is an armored truck guard who gets robbed by Morgan Freeman...

Plot Keywords:

Sheriff | Flood | Small Town | Armored Truck | Church

Cast

Morgan Freeman	...	Jim
Christian Slater	...	Tom
Randy Quaid	...	Sheriff
Minnie Driver	...	Karen
Edward Asner	...	Uncle Charlie
Michael A. Goorjian	...	Kenny (as Michael Goorjian)
Dann Florek	...	Mr. Mehlor
Ricky Harris	...	Ray
Mark Rolston	...	Wayne Bryce
Peter Murnik	...	Phil
Wayne Duvall	...	Hank
Richard Dysart	...	Henry Sears
Betty White	...	Doreen Sears
Ray Baker	...	Mayor
Lisa Fuhrman	...	Mayor's Wife
Jay Patterson	...	Mr. Wellman
Michael Monks	...	Father on Local News
Mackenzie Bryce	...	Baby on Local News
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Montgomery	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Mikael Salomon

Writing credits (WGA)
Graham Yost		(written by)

Produced by
Ian Bryce	....	producer
Mark Gordon	....	producer
Gary Levinsohn	....	producer
Art Levinson	....	producer
Allison Lyon Segan	....	executive producer
Christian Slater	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Christopher Young

Cinematography by
Peter Menzies Jr.

Film Editing by
Amnon David
Paul Hirsch
Gillian L. Hutshing

Casting by
Risa Bramon Garcia
Randi Hiller

Production Design by
J. Michael Riva

Art Direction by
David F. Klassen		(supervising art director)
Richard F. Mays

Set Decoration by
Ronald R. Reiss

Costume Design by
Kathleen Detoro

Makeup Department
Colleen Callaghan	....	hair stylist: Christian Slader

Production Management
Michael J. Harker	....	post-production supervisor
Art Levinson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ken Arlidge	....	second unit director
Matt Earl Beesley	....	first assistant director
Nancy Blewer	....	second second assistant director
Ken Paull	....	second assistant director
Jason Roberts	....	second second assistant director
David N. Schrager	....	first assistant director: second unit (as David Schrager)

Art Department
Adam L. Barker	....	lead plaster foreman
Matt Busch	....	storyboard artist
Charisse Cardenas	....	set designer
Tony Castagnola	....	greens foreman
Mark Fenlason	....	leadman
Mark Fenlason	....	rigging props
Stephanie J. Gordon	....	set designer
Alex Hill	....	storyboard artist
Al Hobbs	....	set designer
Jim Husbands	....	set dresser
William S. Maxwell III	....	lead man
Hugo Santiago	....	set designer
Terry Scott	....	construction coordinator
Alex Sessing	....	on-set greensman
Charles Stewart	....	property master
Anthony Syracuse	....	propmaker gang boss
Jim Wardell	....	greensman
Kon Iliov	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Randle Akerson	....	sound effects editor
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicholas R. Allen	....	boom operator
Steve Bartkowicz	....	re-recording engineer
John Benson	....	adr editor
Sandy Berman	....	sound designer
Sandy Berman	....	supervising sound editor
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Clark	....	sound effects editor
David B. Cohn	....	sound effects editor
Damon Cohoon	....	assistant sound editor
Anne Couk	....	assistant sound editor
Scott Curtis	....	foley editor
Zack Davis	....	adr editor
Roger Fearing	....	assistant sound editor
Tammy Fearing	....	foley editor
Terry Fiyalko	....	sound effects editor (as Terri Fiyalko)
Christopher Flick	....	foley supervisor
Cameron Frankley	....	supervising sound editor
Stephen Janisz	....	adr editor (as S. Janisz)
Scott Jones	....	adr mixer
Tom Ketterer	....	sound
Susan Kurtz	....	sound effects editor
Mark R. La Pointe	....	sound effects editor (as Mark LaPointe)
Mark L. Mangino	....	dialogue editor
Courtenay Marvin	....	adr assistant
Courtenay Marvin	....	assistant sound editor
Ron Meredith	....	assistant sound editor
Robert Morrisey	....	assistant sound editor
Lee Orloff	....	production sound mixer
Thomas A. Payne	....	second boom
Andre Perreault	....	sound effects predubs
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist
Alison Sanford	....	sound recordist
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Thomas W. Small	....	supervising foley editor (as Thomas Small)
Mike Szakmeister	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Michael Szakmeister)
Robert Ulrich	....	supervising adr editor
Knox White	....	boom operator (as Knox Grantham White)
Kerry Dean Williams	....	adr editor
Thomas P. McNamara	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Jeffrey Perkins	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David Amborn	....	special effects foreman
Taylor Ball	....	special effects technician
Bryce Barros	....	special effects technician
Robert M. Bell	....	special effects technician (as Robert Bell)
Donald K. Brady	....	special effects technician
Steve Bunyea	....	special effects foreman
Michael Burke	....	special effects technician (as Mike Burke)
Jack Davis	....	special effects technician
Jeff Denes	....	special effects foreman: second unit
Wade Dugas	....	special effects technician
Mark Fenlason	....	special effects crew
Will Fiorelli	....	special effects technician: second unit
Howard Frazier	....	special effects technician (as Byron Frazier)
John Frazier	....	special effects supervisor
Tommy Frazier	....	special effects technician (as Tom Frazier)
Mark Gault	....	special effects technician
Bruce D. Hayes	....	special effects foreman (as Bruce D. Hayes)
Bruce D. Hayes	....	special effects technician
Jim Jolly	....	special effects technician (as Jim Jolley)
Ralph Kerr	....	special effects foreman
David Kirk	....	special effects technician
Michael Kolko	....	special effects estimator
Jason Maurer	....	special effects technician
Brandon K. McLaughlin	....	special effects technician (as Brandon McLaughlin)
Tim Moran	....	special effects technician
Gene Owens	....	special effects technician
Joe Pancake	....	special effects technician
William A. Pancake Jr.	....	special effects technician (as William Pancake)
William A. Pancake Jr.	....	special effects technician: second unit (as Bill Pancake)
Frances Pennington	....	special effects technician (as Francis Pennington)
Arnold Peterson	....	special effects technician (as Arnie Peterson)
Kevin Quibell	....	special effects technician (as Kevin S. Quibell)
Brandon Ramos	....	mechanical effects artist
Steve Riley	....	special effects technician
Paul Ryan	....	special effects technician
James D. Schwalm	....	special effects coordinator (as Jim Schwalm)
Dennis Skotak	....	special effects artist
James G. Thomas	....	special effects technician (as Jim Thomas)
Joe Walker	....	special effects technician: second unit
Randy West	....	special effects technician: second unit
Lou Whitlock	....	special effects technician: second unit
Newton Wimer	....	special effects technician
Bryan Wohlers	....	special effects technician
Drew Wozniak	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
John Agnew	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
Chris Anderson	....	visual effects coordinator
Anne Belewitt	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
Bill Black	....	visual effects editor
Mark Cadicamo	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
Steve Caldwell	....	mechanical effects: 4-Ward Productions
Aimee Campbell	....	matchmover: Cinesite
Mitzi Casida-Jones	....	visual effects producer (as Mitzi Casida)
James Cook	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
John Cornejo	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Jeanna Crawford	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
Joshua Culp	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
Ken Dackermann	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Lisa Dackermann	....	digital compositor: Cinesite (as Lisa Tse Dackermann)
Jim Davidson	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
Jim Davidson	....	visual effects rigger
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
Aaron Dem	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Jason Dost	....	film scanning and recording
Kathy Draper	....	production coordinator: 4-Ward Productions
Elaine Edford	....	visual effects producer: 4-Ward Productions
Bob Fernley	....	digital imaging supervisor: Cinesite
Abra Grupp	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Howard Harnett	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
Nicole Herr	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Gillian L. Hutshing	....	visual effects editor
Ed Jones	....	visual effects supervisor
Faisal Karim	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions (as Faisel Karin)
Tim Ketzer	....	3D animator: Cinesite
Gokhan Kisacikoglu	....	3D animator: Cinesite
Gokhan Kisacikoglu	....	technical director
David Kittleson	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
Karen Klein	....	rotoscope artist: Cinesite (as Karen D. Klein)
Richard Klein	....	3D animator: Cinesite
Michael Kory	....	CG supervisor: Cinesite
Brad Kuehn	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Roger Kupelian	....	digital matte painter: Cinesite
Vincent Lavares	....	tape operator: Cinesite Hollywood
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Mark Tait Lewis	....	digital artist: Cinesite (as Mark Lewis)
David Lingenfelser	....	digital compositor: Cinesite (as Dave Lingenfelser)
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	digital paint supervisor: Cinesite
Brenda Malley	....	model maker: 4-Ward Productions
Marcel Martinez	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Eric Pender	....	effects animator: Cinesite
Cristin Pescosolido	....	motion tracking supervisor: Cinesite
Lisa L. Pollaro	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Robin Saxen	....	visual effects coordinator
Jerry Sells	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Mark A. Shelton	....	visual effects director of photography
Mark A. Shelton	....	visual effects line producer: 4-Ward Productions (as Mark Shelton)
Dennis Skotak	....	visual effects director of photography
Robert Skotak	....	visual effects supervisor: 4-Ward Productions
Joel Steiner	....	mechanical effects: 4-Ward Productions
Jerry Tessendorf	....	senior technical supervisor: Cinesite
Jim Towler	....	model supervisor: 4-Ward Productions
Pat Tubach	....	digital compositor: Cinesite (as Patrick Tubach)
James Valentine	....	compositing supervisor: Cinesite
John B. Wallace	....	texture painter: Cinesite
Ronnie E. Williams Jr.	....	digital artist
Steve Wright	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Mieko Yoshida	....	3D animator: Cinesite
Tom Zils	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Tony Gardner	....	miniatures (uncredited)
Bill Gilman	....	digital compositor (uncredited) (Cinesite Hollywood)
Mike Leben	....	motion control operator (uncredited)
Andrew Paquette	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Peter Mitchell Rubin	....	pre-viz animatics (uncredited)
Tristan Tom	....	digital effects technical support: Cinesite (uncredited)

Stunts
Eric Armao	....	stunts
Daniel W. Barringer	....	stunts
Talia Botone	....	stunt double: Minnie Driver
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunts (as Jophery Brown)
Ian Bryce	....	stunts
Monty Cox	....	stunts
Danny Epper	....	stunts
Jeff Evans	....	stunts
Dean Raphael Ferrandini	....	stunts (as Dean Ferrandini)
Clay Donahue Fontenot	....	stunts (as Clay Fontenot)
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunts
Tanner Gill	....	stunts
Jeff Habberstad	....	stunt coordinator
Anita Hart	....	stunts
Harry Hauss	....	stunts
Bob Herron	....	stunts
Ethan Jensen	....	stunts
Johnny Johnson	....	stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts
Zack Milan	....	stunts
Billy Morts	....	stunt double: Christian Slater
Billy Morts	....	stunts
Randy Peters	....	stunts
Larry Rippenkroeger	....	stunts
Myke Schwartz	....	stunts
Ben Scott	....	stunts
Paul E. Short	....	stunts (as Paul Short)
Spike Silver	....	stunts
Gregg Smrz	....	stunts
Jim Stephan	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Amy Alarian	....	electrician: second unit
Ken Arlidge	....	director of photography: second unit
John-Paul Beeghly	....	assistant camera: second unit
Alexander Buono	....	assistant camera
Dwight Campbell	....	gaffer
John S. Campbell	....	rigging grip
Joseph V. Cicio	....	camera operator
Mark J. Coyne	....	assistant camera
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana	....	rigging key grip
Damon Doherty	....	key rigging grip
Richard Foreman Jr.	....	still photographer
Mike Gerzevitz	....	electrician
Mike Gerzevitz	....	underwater electrician
Eli Golub	....	grip
Dylan Goss	....	aerial camera operator (as Dylan M. Gross)
Rick Harris	....	production grip
Michael J. Hogan	....	video assist operator
Greg Karamov	....	grip
Brian Kinzey	....	electrician
Steve Koster	....	camera operator
Robert G. Lestak	....	grip
Dennis J. Lootens	....	rigging gaffer
Jason E. Lord	....	electrician
Michael Lyon	....	electrician (as Michael Lyons)
Niles McElroy	....	lighting technician
Michael A. Mendez	....	grip
Ivan H. Migel	....	grip rigging best boy
Amy Miller	....	junior camera assistant
Marty Miller	....	grip
Daisuke Dice Miyake	....	grip
Jon D. Morrison	....	rigging electrician
Richard Mosier	....	Steadicam assistant
Richard Mosier	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Darryl Murchison	....	lighting technician
John C. Nadeau	....	electrician
Simone Perusse	....	best boy electric
Robert Presley	....	Steadicam operator
Robert Presley	....	camera operator
Peter Rand	....	additional video assist operator
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator
Jesse Tango	....	lighting best boy: second unit
Scott Toland	....	electrician
Michael Tolochko	....	electrician
Rick A. West	....	gaffer: second unit
Tony Whitman	....	key grip
Jeb Johenning	....	digital video assist operator (uncredited)
Michael L. May	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Vich Thiensuwana	....	rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jennifer Bender	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tom Cummins	....	set costumer
Patrick Guzzo	....	costume assistant
Antoinette Squeo	....	costumer: Morgan Freeman

Editorial Department
Dennis McNeill	....	color timer (as Denny McNeill)
Bart Rachmil	....	apprentice film editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Jeff Atmajian	....	additional orchestrator
Anna Bonn	....	additional orchestrator
Anna Bonn	....	score coordinator
Bob Bornstein	....	music preparation
Andy Brown	....	music contractor
Andy Brown	....	orchestra contractor
Vic Fraser	....	music preparation
Tanya Noel Hill	....	assistant music editor
Charles Martin Inouye	....	music editor: pre-view
Erik Jordan	....	assistant recording engineer
Mark Kilian	....	electronic score producer
Jon Kull	....	additional orchestrator
The London Metropolitan Orchestra	....	music performed by
Larry Mah	....	consultant: electronic score
Thomas Milano	....	supervising music editor (as Tom Milano)
Jonathan Rees	....	orchestra leader
David Reynolds	....	score coordinator
Liz Schrek	....	music production coordinator
Toots Thielemans	....	musician: harmonica solo
Graham Walker	....	music production supervisor
Christopher Young	....	additional orchestrator

Transportation Department
Robert Gaskill	....	driver: Mr. Freeman
Sheila Mandel	....	transportation office coordinator
James Nordberg	....	transportation
Randy Peters	....	transportation and picture vehicles coordinator
Ron Poniewaz Jr.	....	driver
Jeff Verdick	....	transportation
Robert G. Williams	....	driver

Other crew
Kelli Cole	....	production assistant
Marq DeChambres	....	production assistant
Louis Farah	....	construction medic
Kristina Findley	....	location assistant production coordinator
Steve Gehrke	....	script supervisor: second unit
Mark Gerald	....	medic
Vincent G. Gonzales	....	production assistant: aerial unit
Michael Hansen	....	unit publicist
Winfried Heun	....	spacecam technician
Carol Keith	....	production coordinator: re-shoots
Mark Kilian	....	synthesizer coordinator
Sarah Knight	....	assistant: Mikael Salomon
Tracy Lehman	....	staff accountant
James McCabe	....	location manager
Nicki McCain	....	assistant accountant
Anthony Montgomery	....	production assistant
Anna-Lisa Nilsson	....	production coordinator
Rick Osako	....	production secretary
Tony Patterson	....	assistant production coordinator
Tony Patterson	....	production secretary
Quentin Pierre	....	assistant: Mr. Freeman
Dina Saunders	....	first accountant
Karen Scarborough	....	payroll accountant
C. Alexander Sears	....	production assistant
Mary Anne Seward	....	script supervisor
Carlyle Fairfax Smith	....	assistant: Mr. Bryce
Leslie Steele	....	assistant to producer
Jerry Tessendorf	....	senior technical supervisor
Andrew Ward	....	set production assistant
Martine White	....	location manager: second unit
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	aerial coordinator
Mark Zimoski	....	programmer: synthesizer
Julian Del Valle	....	balloon lights (uncredited)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Marubeni
• Mutual Film Company
• Nordisk Film
• Paramount Pictures
• Polygram Filmed Entertainment
• Toho-Towa
• Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1998) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors A/S (1998) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (1998) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (1998) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Focus Film AG (1998) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Biografdistribution (1998) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (1998) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Oy Nordisk Film (1998) (Finland) (theatrical)
• REP Distribution (1998) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sogepaq Distribución (1998) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (1998) (Japan) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (1998) (France) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (????) (UK) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (1999) (Germany) (DVD)
• VCL Communications (Germany) (video)

Special Effects

• 4-Ward Productions
• Cinesite (Hollywood) (visual effects) (as Cinesite)
• Pacific Title Digital (digital opticals)

Other Companies

• Capitol Studios  music score mixing
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color (as Deluxe)
• London Metropolitan Orchestra, The  music score performed by
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Paramount Studios  digital sound editing (as Paramount Pictures)
• Studios CTS  music score recording (as CTS Studios, Wembley, Middlesex)
• Todd-AO Studios  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Flood (Japan: English title)
Pluie d'enfer (France)
The Flood (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

97 min | 92 min (Nordisk Film DVD version FI SE NO DE)

Country:

USA | UK | Denmark | France | Japan | New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #35478) | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Finland:K-15 (VET id: 100718) | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

At the time it was filmed, the movie had the largest painted scenic backdrop ever used in a film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Karen is handcuffed to her staircase and Tom shoots through the cuffs, she places the chain of the cuffs on top of the banister. This is a physical impossibility because of the way she was cuffed there.

Quotes:

Henry: I'm going to row back there and see if he will shoot you. Or me. It's fine either way.

Movie Connections:

References Swamp Thing (1982)

Soundtrack:

Flood

Black Knight Offers Salvation

With knowledge of the horrible effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in 2005 and the Sotheast Asian tsunami, this film offers one an insight, (although, mostly computer-generated effects), as to what floods can do to a town and its residents. The premise of the film, of an attempted hijacking of an armored truck in a levee-flooded Indiana city, with guards played by Ed Asner and Christian Slater, adds to the terror and trauma of all the related characters. Betty White is particularly dotty and crazy as an elderly homeowner, protecting and holding on to a sinking ship of a home. Morgan Freeman, in one of his rare roles as a bad guy, shines through as the Black Knight, who overcomes the conniving, murderous Randy Quaid. Christian Slater,(who, also, produced this film), offers a believable young guard beset with conflicting loyalties toward his job, his morality, and relationship to a soggy Minnie Driver. She has the least to offer in this film, but soldiers on, as distaff diversion.This is an interesting film due to its archetype characters, and the spectacular floodings of broken levees and dams. Overall, however, the storyline is rather weak, and one becomes overwhelmed with water,water everywhere!