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In 1969, Jack Smight directed a film adaptation of The Illustrated Man in which "The Long Rain" was one of three Bradbury stories placed within the framing story. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The film, starring Rod Steiger who was an acquaintance of Bradbury, was both a critical and financial failure.
The film was nominated for the 1970 "Best Dramatic Presentation" Hugo Award, but did not win. [citation needed] When The Illustrated Man was released on DVD in 2006, a retrospective review of the film wrote that the counterculture of the 1960s was evident in the film and that its depiction of the future did not age well. [7]
"Tears in rain" is a 42-word monologue, consisting of the last words of character Roy Batty (portrayed by Rutger Hauer) in the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner. Written by David Peoples and altered by Hauer, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the monologue is frequently quoted. [ 4 ]
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The Rains Came is a 1939 20th Century Fox film based on an American novel by Louis Bromfield (published in June 1937 by Harper & Brothers).The film was directed by Clarence Brown and stars Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce, and Maria Ouspenskaya.
Rain is a 1932 pre-Code drama film that stars Joan Crawford as prostitute Sadie Thompson. Directed by Lewis Milestone and set in the South Seas , the production was filmed in part at Santa Catalina Island and what is now Crystal Cove State Park in California.
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The film was the first for producer Robert M. Weitman as an independent producer. [4] Columbia Pictures was not happy with the concept for the ending of the film, in which Connery escaped to be pursued by police helicopters, fearing that it would hurt sales to television, which generally required that bad deeds do not go unpunished. [2]