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Who'll Stop the Rain

( Catalog Number ML101306 )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

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Who'll Stop the Rain
1978 - 126 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Thoroughly disillusioned by the Vietnam War, John, a journalist (Michael Moriarty) turns to heroin smuggling. Acting as John's go-between is the equally burnt out Ray (Nick Nolte), who delivers the narcotics stateside to the journalist's wife Marge (Tuesday Weld). Soon, however, Ray and Marge are on the lam, chased down by the minions of crooked narcotics agent Anthell (Anthony Zerbe). Who'll Stop the Rain was based on Robert Stone's award-winning novel Dog Soldiers. --- Hal Erickson

Karel Reisz's adaptation of Robert Stone's award-winning novel Dog Soldiers is a brilliantly harrowing take on the effects of the hazy moral universe created by the Vietnam War. Nick Nolte stars as a jaded Merchant Marine vet at the end of his Vietnam hitch who agrees to smuggle two kilos of heroin into the States for equally cynical photojournalist Michael Moriarty. Released only a couple of years after the war's end, the film may have been too bitter a pill for audiences of the time to swallow, and it's since been unjustly neglected. So many things go wrong here for the credulous Nolte that if the stakes weren't so high or the atmosphere so poisoned by greed it could be played as a comedy of errors. He may be flawed, but when events drag he and Moriarity's bewildered wife (Tuesday Weld) into a nightmarish world peopled by corrupt federal agents and desperate skag addicts, it's not difficult to sympathize with Nolte's reflexive response that he's back in Vietnam. In fact, all of Stone's characters are so complex and well-written that it's impossible not to be engrossed by their behavior, however repellent. The abandoned commune at which the film's explosive, coruscating finale takes place is an apt image for the period's loss of faith. In a long and illustrious career, Nolte has never been better than he is here as the betrayed vet, and he's complemented by a superb cast, among whom Charles Haid especially stands out. --- Michael Costello

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Cast for Who'll Stop the Rain

Nick Nolte - Ray Hicks
Tuesday Weld - Marge Converse
Michael Moriarty - John Converse
Anthony Zerbe - Antheil
Richard Masur - Danskin
Ray Sharkey - Smitty
Gail Strickland - Chairman
Charles Haid - Eddy
David Opatoshu - Bender
Wings Hauser - Marine Driver

Crew for Who'll Stop the Rain

Karel Reisz - Director
Herb Jaffe - Producer
Gabriel Katzka - Producer
Judith Rascoe - Screenwriter
Robert Stone - Book Author / Screenwriter
Richard H. Kline - Cinematographer
John Fogerty - Songwriter
Laurence Rosenthal - Composer (Music Score)
John Bloom - Editor
William Theiss - Costume Designer

Awards for Who'll Stop the Rain

Competing Film Karel Reisz 1978 Cannes International Film Festival
Best Actor (nom) Nick Nolte 1978 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film (nom) Karel Reisz 1978 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Screenwriting (nom) Roscoe, Judith 1978 New York Film Critics Circle

Feature Details

Title: Who'll Stop the Rain
Feature Release Date: 1978
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 126 Minutes
Chapters: 29
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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LD Release Date: 4 Mar 1998
Catalog Number: ML101306
UPC: 027616130662
Publisher: MGM/UA Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ML101306
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Nick Nolte & Tuesday Weld in...

Who'll Stop the Rain

( Catalog Number ML101306 )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Theatrical Trailer

Who'll Stop the Rain
1978 - 126 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Thoroughly disillusioned by the Vietnam War, John, a journalist (Michael Moriarty) turns to heroin smuggling. Acting as John's go-between is the equally burnt out Ray (Nick Nolte), who delivers the narcotics stateside to the journalist's wife Marge (Tuesday Weld). Soon, however, Ray and Marge are on the lam, chased down by the minions of crooked narcotics agent Anthell (Anthony Zerbe). Who'll Stop the Rain was based on Robert Stone's award-winning novel Dog Soldiers. --- Hal Erickson

Karel Reisz's adaptation of Robert Stone's award-winning novel Dog Soldiers is a brilliantly harrowing take on the effects of the hazy moral universe created by the Vietnam War. Nick Nolte stars as a jaded Merchant Marine vet at the end of his Vietnam hitch who agrees to smuggle two kilos of heroin into the States for equally cynical photojournalist Michael Moriarty. Released only a couple of years after the war's end, the film may have been too bitter a pill for audiences of the time to swallow, and it's since been unjustly neglected. So many things go wrong here for the credulous Nolte that if the stakes weren't so high or the atmosphere so poisoned by greed it could be played as a comedy of errors. He may be flawed, but when events drag he and Moriarity's bewildered wife (Tuesday Weld) into a nightmarish world peopled by corrupt federal agents and desperate skag addicts, it's not difficult to sympathize with Nolte's reflexive response that he's back in Vietnam. In fact, all of Stone's characters are so complex and well-written that it's impossible not to be engrossed by their behavior, however repellent. The abandoned commune at which the film's explosive, coruscating finale takes place is an apt image for the period's loss of faith. In a long and illustrious career, Nolte has never been better than he is here as the betrayed vet, and he's complemented by a superb cast, among whom Charles Haid especially stands out. --- Michael Costello

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Cast for Who'll Stop the Rain

Nick Nolte - Ray Hicks
Tuesday Weld - Marge Converse
Michael Moriarty - John Converse
Anthony Zerbe - Antheil
Richard Masur - Danskin
Ray Sharkey - Smitty
Gail Strickland - Chairman
Charles Haid - Eddy
David Opatoshu - Bender
Wings Hauser - Marine Driver

Crew for Who'll Stop the Rain

Karel Reisz - Director
Herb Jaffe - Producer
Gabriel Katzka - Producer
Judith Rascoe - Screenwriter
Robert Stone - Book Author / Screenwriter
Richard H. Kline - Cinematographer
John Fogerty - Songwriter
Laurence Rosenthal - Composer (Music Score)
John Bloom - Editor
William Theiss - Costume Designer

Awards for Who'll Stop the Rain

Competing Film Karel Reisz 1978 Cannes International Film Festival
Best Actor (nom) Nick Nolte 1978 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film (nom) Karel Reisz 1978 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Screenwriting (nom) Roscoe, Judith 1978 New York Film Critics Circle

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