Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 09/30/2005(USA
Release Date: 10/09/2007
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: New Light Entertainment
Writer/director
Michael Meredith's ambitious first feature,
Three Days of Rain, weaves together a large number of tales, loosely based on short stories by
Anton Chekhov, and set in present-day Cleveland.
Thunder (
Michael Santoro) is a struggling tile-maker, an artisan whose leaky roof threatens to destroy his business and his life.
Denis (
Joey Bilow) is a mentally impaired railroad worker who finds his job in jeopardy when a co-worker,
Jim (
Chuck Cooper), questions his competence.
Tess (
Merle Kennedy) is a drug-addled young woman who performs sexual favors for a sleazy judge in order to visit the young daughter of whom she's lost custody.
Waldo (
Peter Falk) is an old rummy who repeatedly manipulates his caring son,
Michael (
Bill Stockton, who also produced the film), and then apologizes for doing so.
Alex (
Erick Avari of
The Mummy) begins to question everything about his life after an encounter with a homeless veteran. A cab driver,
John (
Don Meredith), tells everyone who will listen about the recent death of his son. Through it all runs the commentary of a disc jockey (
Lyle Lovett), who plays the
smooth jazz that comprises the film's soundtrack.
Three Days of Rain came to the attention of
Wim Wenders through an editor on the project,
Peter Pryzgodda, and
Wenders, impressed with
Meredith's work, became involved with the film.
Three Days of Rain was shown in competition at
the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival. The film features cameos by
Blythe Danner,
Jason Patric,
Max Perlich,
Wayne Rogers (of
M*A*S*H fame), and
avant-garde filmmaker
George Kuchar.
~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
