Rain Without Thunder (1993)

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Rain Without Thunder is a "pro-choice" tract, expertly packaged in the form of speculative fiction. In a futuristic society, abortion is a crime punishable by a harsh prison term, and all female sexual activity is electronically monitored. When young Ali Thomas chooses not to bring her unborn child to term, she is thrown into jail. And since her mother (Betty Buckley) had driven Thomas to the abortionist, she too is arrested--charged with kidnapping the fetus! The filmmakers wear their ideology

PG-13, 1 hr. 39 min.

Drama

Directed By: Gary Bennett

In Theaters: Sep 15, 1992 Wide

On DVD: Oct 31, 1995

MGM

Cast

Carolyn McCormick
Reporter
Ali Thomas
Alison Goldring
Betty Buckley
Beverly Goldring
Iona Morris
Andrea Murdoch
Jeff Daniels
Jonathan Garson
Frederic Forrest
Walker Point Warden
Linda Hunt
Atwood Society Director
Steve Zahn
Jeremy Tanner
Robert Earl Jones
Old Lawyer
Graham Greene
Author on History
Austin Pendleton
Catholic Priest
Helen Lloyd Breed
Alice Kappelhoff
Dianne Kirksey
Mother Breatfeeding
Paul Lazar
Heather Lilly
Micka Goldring
Ethan Phillips
Gynecologist
Susanne Wasson
Swedish Doctor
Ming-Na Wen
Eliza Clark
Piper Goldring
Bahni Turpin
"Baby Bomb" Prisoner
Lisa Langford
"In Profile" Prisoner
John Scott
1st Health Official
Katharine Crost
Stuart Burney

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Cautionary tale set in America in 2042

July 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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A bit preachy at times, this mockumentary imagined a future that is chillingly close to the present state of the abortion debate. It imagines a time when a woman can be imprisoned for having an abortion, a state of affairs brought about by passage of the 28th amendment, defining life as beginning at fertilization,

December 15, 2011