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Black Rainbow (1989)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 2000 Wide

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British director Mike Hodges brought an extra measure of integrity to this made-for-TV thriller. Rosanna Arquette stars as Martha Travis, a psychic who travels the rural American South with her alcoholic father, Walter (Jason Robards), plying her mystical trade for credulous yokels. In reality, Martha is a con woman whose only gift is the ability to defraud those who seek messages from dead loved ones. However, one night the bogus medium intercepts mental images of a murdered man whose wife is

R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Mike Hodges

Written By: Mike Hodges

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Jan 11, 2005

Media Home Entertainment

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Cast

Rosanna Arquette
Martha Travis
Jason Robards
Walter Travis
Tom Hulce
Gary Wallace
Mark Joy
Lloyd Harley
Ron Rosenthal
Irving Weinberg
John Bennes
Ted Silas
Linda Pierce
Mary Kuron
Olek Krupa
Tom Kuron
Marty Terry
Mrs. Adams
Helen Baldwin
Eva Callow
Georgia Allen
Mrs. Jamais
Ed Grady
Editor Geoff McBain
Ivan Green
Preacher
Mert Hatfield
Mike Braddon
Joe Inscoe
Airline Clerk No. 2
Wallace Merck
Officer Monroe
Jerry Rushing
Bud Orwell
Rick Warner
Editor Jay Chatwin
Joyce Bowden
Nurse Shelly
Janelle Cochrane
Airline Clerk
Judy Simpson Cook
Rachel Sachs
Dan Cox
Terminal Hotel Clerk
Dandy Stevenson
Mrs. Koostler
Willie Stratford
Railroad Steward
Jon Thompson
Jack Callow
Jeffrey Taylor
Mike Harley
James Martin Jr.
Hotel Night Clerk
Ed Lillard
Pastor on Train
Muse Watson
Police Officer
William Brown
Hal Faber
Mary Tyler Moore
Audience
Ed L. Grady

Critic Reviews for Black Rainbow

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A great picture? No, but an intriguing one.

June 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

An effectively eerie supernatural thriller - even if it tries to exorcise a few too many ghosts for its own good.

September 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Gazette

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Anton Bitel

Movie Gazette Source: Movie Gazette

The result is a stimulating film addressed to the intellect ...

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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For an older,low budget movie it was ok.I don't think they explained well enough for some at the beginning that she and her father were fakes until she started really hearing voices of dead people.I also didn't care for the weird ending.Not the very end,but the whole scene right before with her father and the killer

September 5, 2008

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