The Rain People

1969
R
1h 41m

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6.8/10

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When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

4.2K

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The Rain People

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Trivia
The parade scene was filmed in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Veterans' Day. The students in the band were not aware of what was happening. In fact, reading the lips of a majorette, she can be seen asking, "Who was that guy?" as James Caan was weaving through the parade.

Goofs
When Natalie first leaves her husband, she drives into a tunnel and emerges from on the west side of Manhattan. That is, she has driven east through the Lincoln Tunnel, presumably heading east. But immediately after, she stops at a phone booth to call her husband, saying she is in Pennsylvania, which is in the opposite direction. Had the intention to suggest a westward journey, she could have driven west through the tunnel to emerge in New Jersey.

Quotes
Jimmy Kilgannon: You hurt me!

Connections
Edited into Filmmaker (1968)

Soundtracks
But Not For Me
Written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Heard on the radio in the motel scene

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7/10

fascinating

Pregnant housewife Natalie Ravenna (Shirley Knight) leaves her life and rents a motel room. She's going west and picks up hitchhiker Jimmy "Killer" Kilgannon (James Caan). He's a brain-damaged former football star. Along the way, she encounters policeman Gordon (Robert Duvall).

It's an intriguing early film from director Francis Ford Coppola. It's weird to see Shirley Knight so young. Caan has the fascinating character. Their relationship is fascinating. I would probably change Duvall a little and change the ending but that's a minor point. It's a fascinating film.