Black Rain

Black Rain may refer to:

In film:

  • Black Rain (American film), a 1989 American film directed by Ridley Scott
  • Black Rain (Japanese film), a 1989 Japanese film directed by Imamura Shohei based on the novel
  • Black Rain, an alternate title of The Last Wave, a 1977 Australian film

In music:

  • Blackrain (early Black Rain), a French glam metal band
  • Black Rain (Dark Lotus album), a 2004 Dark Lotus album
  • Black Rain (Ozzy Osbourne album), a 2007 album by Ozzy Osbourne
    • "Black Rain" (Ozzy Osbourne song), the title track from the album
  • "Black Rain" (Soundgarden song), a 2010 single by Soundgarden

Other:

  • Black Rain (novel), a 1965 novel by Japanese author Ibuse Masuji
  • Blackra1n, an application used for jailbreaking iPods and iPhones
  • Operation Black Rain, an operation by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
  • Nuclear fallout, known as black rain by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or rain:

    “The confirmation of Clarence Thomas, one of the most conservative voices to be added to the [Supreme] Court in recent memory, carries a sobering message for the African- American community.... As he begins to make his mark upon the lives of African Americans, we must acknowledge that his successful nomination is due in no small measure to the support he received from black Americans.”
    —Kimberly Crenshaw (b. 1959)

    “When the shingles hissed
    in the rain incendiary,
    other values were revealed to us,”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)