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Hard Rain is a 1998 action movie, produced by Mark Gordon, written by Graham Yost and directed by former cinematographer turned first-time director Mikael Salomon. It stars Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, and Minnie Driver.

Synopsis

Set in small town beset by a huge rainstorm, Christian Slater and Ed Asner plays armored truck drivers collecting the money from the local banks affected by the flood. After driving into a ditch, they are ambushed by Morgan Freeman and his gang of armed robbers. Slater gets away with the $3 million in cash and hides it. In a panic, Slater tells the local sheriff Randy Quaid about the area he hid the money in and the sheriff locks him up. Now Slater has to get to the money and keep himself alive battling the sheriff, Morgan Freeman and the elements.

Trivia

Third of a trio of films - starting with Speed
and Broken Arrow - by producer Mark Gordon and screenwriter Graham Yost, and the first not financed by Twentieth Century Fox.

Randy Quaid
had been previously considered for the role of the villain in Speed
.

Originally called The Flood, the title was changed during production to distance itself from other disaster movies.

Filmed inside a former aircraft factory used to make B-2 stealth bombers, the $6 million waterlogged set featured one of the largest painted backdrops ever made.

According to an interview with Michael Parkinson, Minnie Driver
complained to the press that some members of the crew were urinating in the water tanks. The next day, the crew had filled her wellington boots with water in revenge.

The original ending - including an epilogue which wrapped up the Slater
/Driver
love story - had to be changed after audiences objected to the death of a major character. A new ending was filmed, pushing the release date back by several months.

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