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:

    “Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?”
    —June Jordan (b. 1939)

    “The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail—its roof may shake—the wind may blow through it—the storm may enter—the rain may enter—but the King of England cannot enter!—all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!”
    —William Pitt, The Elder, Lord Chatham (1708–1778)