Black Rainbow
Black Rainbow is a 1989 psychological thriller film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards Jr., Tom Hulce, Mark Joy, Ron Rosenthal, and John Bennes. It was filmed in Rock Hill, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Plot
Martha Travis, a medium who hosts a touring clairvoyant show with her alcoholic father Walter, where she helps audience members make contact with deceased relatives. At one meeting, she foretells the violent death of a local factory employee, a whistleblower who was set to reveal corporate malpractice at the plant. Soon, Martha becomes the target of the killer herself. At a subsequent meeting in the town, she appears to identify several other individuals who are set to die or get killed. Gary Wallace, a skeptical local journalist investigating the death, begins following the couple and the story. The story is told in flashback, with the opening scenes showing Wallace searching for the reclusive Martha many years after the events depicted in the main body of the film.
Awards
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author | Mike Hodges |
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award | Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award |
contentLocation | Rock Hill |
director | Mike Hodges |
editor | Malcolm Cooke |
genre | mystery thriller |
keywords | alcoholic father kill medium mediumship meet open search told in flashback tour violent death |
musicBy | John Scott |
producer | John Quested |
productionCompany | Goldcrest Films |
publisher | Miramax Palace Pictures The Numbers |
recordedAt | South Carolina |
theme | mystery thriller psychological thriller serial killer |