Black Rainbow

For the 1916 Hungarian film, see The Black Rainbow.

Black Rainbow
Directed by	Mike Hodges
Produced by	Geoffrey Helman John Quested
Written by	Mike Hodges
Starring	Rosanna Arquette Jason Robards Jr. Tom Hulce Mark Joy Ron Rosenthal John Bennes
Music by	John Scott
Cinematography	Gerry Fisher
Editing by	Malcolm Cooke
Release date(s)	1989 (1989)
Running time	103 min.
Country	United Kingdom

Black Rainbow is a 1989 supernatural thriller film directed by Mike Hodges and filmed in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Plot

Rosanna Arquette stars as Martha Travis, a medium who helps members of her audience make contact with deceased relatives. Things take a turn for the worse when she foretells the violent death of Mary Kuron's (Linda Pierce) husband Tom (Olek Krupa). The situation grows increasingly volatile and soon Martha finds herself predicting the death of her father, Walter (Jason Robards).

Reception

Black Rainbow was critically acclaimed by the critic but did not get the release it deserved in both the UK and US release. At the time both production companies that distributed film Palace Films in the United Kingdom and Miramax for the USA were suffering financially so the film only had a token release.

Variety said Black Rainbow was Mike Hodges best film since Get Carter.

Release

The film was originally picked up by Miramax for a theatrical release that never came to be. The film was shown at theaters overseas as well as shown at various film festivals. The film was finally released on videocassette on 9 January 1992 by Media Home Entertainment and 20th Century Fox. In 2005, Trinity Home Entertainment released the film on DVD, but in full screen and without any bonus material.

In the UK, Anchor Bay released the film in widescreen and also with a Mike Hodges commentary and snippets of the making of Black Rainbow with the cast and crew.

External links

• Black Rainbow at the Internet Movie Database