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Synopsis: Hard Rain is a 1998 action-thriller disaster film produced by Mark Gordon, written by Graham Yost (the writer-producer team also behind the film Speed) and directed by former cinematographer turned director Mikael Salomon. It stars Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, and Ed Asner. It is an international co-production between the United States, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. The plot centers around a heist and man-made treachery amidst a natural disaster in a small Indiana town. The tagline is "A simple plan. An instant fortune. Just add water." The film grossed $19.9 million in the US on a $70 million budget, and it has a 29% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film features the song "Flood" by the Christian rock group Jars of Clay, which launched the band into the mainstream music scene.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Production: Paramount Home Video
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
28%
R
Year:
1998
97 min
654 Views


JIM AND KENNY:

Kenny looks up at Jim. Jim glances over at the bartender

then back at Kenny. Understand?

JIM:

Did I get it right?

KENNY:

Yeah, Jim. You got it right.

INT. ARMORED TRUCK - DUSK

Charlie and Tom continue to drive in silence. They both sneak

looks at each other. Their eyes meet for a second, then they

look away. A moment's pause then...

TOM:

Jerk.

CHARLIE:

Jack-ass.

A hint of a smile on both of them. Tom reaches for Charlie.

TOM:

Give us a kiss. Come on.

Charlie goes red in the face, pushes Tom away.

CHARLIE:

Get out of here.

TOM:

(laughs, beat)

You really are a cranky old fart,

you know that?

CHARLIE:

I'm sorry.

TOM:

What was that about? I mean, I'm

just sitting here and all of a sudden

you go postal on me.

CHARLIE:

I don't know, I... It's just this

weather. I... I want to get back.

TOM:

You know, I really do appreciate

what you've done for me. This is a

good job.

CHARLIE:

No, it's not. It stinks. It's putting

your life on the line for someone

else's money.

EXT. ROAD OUT OF TOWN - DUSK

Looking away from town, the HIGH SCHOOL is on the left. On

the right is the CEMETERY. Farther on, on the left, is a CAR

AND BOAT DEALERSHIP. The road is covered in water.

THE ARMORED TRUCK

Goes by the entrance to the high school, water shooting up

from the wheels, pushing out in a wide wake.

INT. TRUCK

Tom glances ahead and sees that the road is covered in water.

TOM:

Jesus. Where's the road?

THEIR POV:

Stretching out ahead of them are reflector bars on the

telephone poles, a few feet above the rippling surface of

the floodwater.

CHARLIE:

It's there.

(beat)

Somewhere. I hope.

(beat)

Look, Tom, I don't care what it is

you end up doing.

TOM:

Oh, God, here we go again.

CHARLIE:

This is the last time, I swear.

Tom sees something ahead. He doesn't understand at first.

HIS POV:

The reflector bar on the pole two poles ahead is lower than

the others. No reflector bars for a hundred yards, then they

resume.

CHARLIE:

(looks at Tom)

I just think, whatever it is you do,

it's time you did some heavy lifting.

Tom figures out what's going on with the reflector bars.

TOM:

Stop!

CHARLIE:

No, you gotta hear this. You're better

than --

TOM:

Stop the truck! We're going down!

OUTSIDE THE TRUCK

The water rises fast up the grille as the truck angles down.

INSIDE THE TRUCK

CHARLIE:

Jesus!

Charlie stands on the brakes.

THEIR POV:

A wave of water rushes forward from the truck, then comes

back and washes over the hood, splashing up on the windshield.

TOM:

Back up!

Charlie throws the truck into reverse but gives it too much

power. They hear the rear wheels spinning underwater. Charlie

eases off, the tires start to catch, they start moving

backwards.

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Graham Yost

Graham John Yost (born September 5, 1959) is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. His best-known works are the films Speed, Broken Arrow, and Hard Rain and the TV series Justified. In 2002, he created the widely acclaimed, yet short-lived drama series Boomtown. He has also written for the television series Herman's Head and Band of Brothers. He also created the short-lived NBC drama Raines. Yost teamed up with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, along with two of his fellow Boomtown writers Michelle Ashford and Larry Andries, to write and direct episodes of the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Yost is the creator and executive producer of the FX series Justified, and an executive producer on the FX show The Americans. more…

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