Black Rainbow (Original title)
Dates: 1989 (Copyright), 27 June 1990 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Mike Hodges
Synopsis: Martha Travis, a clairvoyant, travels across the USA with her hard-drinking, manipulative father, Walter. During a show she tells Mrs Kuron that her husband was shot dead by a man wearing black gloves. Puzzled, Mrs Kuron says her husband is at home watching TV, but later that night he is killed as Martha described. He was about to blow the whistle on a chemical plant's poor health and safety record and was killed a hit man, Lloyd Harley, hired by Ted Silas, the plant's owner. In subsequent shows Martha prefigures further deaths. She becomes more and more distraught. Eventually, Walter is shot by the killer (trying to kill Martha) but he is then gunned down by the police. Martha retreats to a backwoods cabin.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror
Subject: Unexplained phenomena
Releases
Date: 28 November 1989Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9261 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 27 June 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9261 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Palace Pictures
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-838639
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-838639
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Dates: 1989 (Copyright), 27 June 1990 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Mike Hodges
Synopsis: Martha Travis, a clairvoyant, travels across the USA with her hard-drinking, manipulative father, Walter. During a show she tells Mrs Kuron that her husband was shot dead by a man wearing black gloves. Puzzled, Mrs Kuron says her husband is at home watching TV, but later that night he is killed as Martha described. He was about to blow the whistle on a chemical plant's poor health and safety record and was killed a hit man, Lloyd Harley, hired by Ted Silas, the plant's owner. In subsequent shows Martha prefigures further deaths. She becomes more and more distraught. Eventually, Walter is shot by the killer (trying to kill Martha) but he is then gunned down by the police. Martha retreats to a backwoods cabin.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror
Subject: Unexplained phenomena
Releases
Date: 28 November 1989Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9261 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 27 June 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 103 mins Length: 9261 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Palace Pictures
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-838639
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-838639
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access