What is 1492: Conquest of Paradise / Black Rain about?

Double Feature: 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE, 1992, 154 min. Dir. Ridley Scott. Released on the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World, this epic adventure stars Gérard Depardieu as the famed explorer and Sigourney Weaver as Queen Isabella. While his initial landing on San Salvador made history, Columbus’ later voyages were increasingly costly - both to him and to the native inhabitants, who were brutally subjugated by the Spanish colonizers. BLACK RAIN, 1989, 126 min. Dir. Ridley Scott. Tough NYC cop Michael Douglas inadvertently loses extradited hood Yusaku Matsuda upon arrival in Japan, then plummets head-first down the neon rabbit hole into a nightmarish yakuza underworld.

1492: Conquest of Paradise / Black Rain

List

Theaters near

Loading format filters…

Frequently Asked Questions

What is 1492: Conquest of Paradise / Black Rain about?: Double Feature: 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE, 1992, 154 min. Dir. Ridley Scott. Released on the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World, this epic adventure stars Gérard Depardieu as the famed explorer and Sigourney Weaver as Queen Isabella. While his initial landing on San Salvador made history, Columbus’ later voyages were increasingly costly - both to him and to the native inhabitants, who were brutally subjugated by the Spanish colonizers.

BLACK RAIN, 1989, 126 min. Dir. Ridley Scott. Tough NYC cop Michael Douglas inadvertently loses extradited hood Yusaku Matsuda upon arrival in Japan, then plummets head-first down the neon rabbit hole into a nightmarish yakuza underworld.