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1990

Dick Tracy,Warren Beatty, USA, 1990

There is a pretty good scene or two here featuring Madonna in a white, ?translucent, shiny, probably impervious coat. (Anon)

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Lush American trenchcoatsA Woman Named Jackie, Larry Peerce, USA, 1991

Lush American outerwear on view, one a trenchcoat. (Hazel)
 Late-1980s Butter TV Commercial (c. 1989-1992) In a "Give Them All A Little Pat Of Butter" ad the patroller wore a simple yellow Mackintosh with a clear rain net over the police cap. (RLW)
Les Ripoux 2, Claude Zidi, 1990, France

Continuation of Les Ripoux 1

With Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Noiret and Grâce de Capitani. Grâce de Capitani wears a shiny red transparent trench-coat, and a white trench-coat in another scene. (Bernard)

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Almost, Michael Pattinson, Australia, 1990

Rosanna Arquette wears a red shiny plastic mac.

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The Exorcist 3, William Peter, Blatty, US,1990

In the one scene of that often tedious follow up , Jan Neuberger appears with a long black vinyl raincoat and a souwester. She looks quite mysterious especially when she ran down the stairs. (Cire Noir)

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 Il Gèle en Enfer, Jean-Pierre Mocky, France, 1990

Actress : Laura Grandt.
In the opening scene, Laura Grandt gets out of a car with a shiny red raincoat. Once she is in the house she takes it off and is naked underneath. This is a story of a mad love. (Cire Noir)

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Until the End of The World, Wim Wender, French-German-Australian, 1991 Wim Wender's road movie, set in 1999, as the planet faces annihilation, follows William Hurt on a mission. in several scenes, in the middle and towards the end, the female lead, Claire, is wearing a long, shiny black polyurethane-type raincoat, looking quite nice! (Enzo) (Thanks to MacRain for the correction)

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Father Of The Bride, Charles Shyer, US, 1991 In this remake of the 1950 film, the bride Kimberley Williams comes home wearing a shiny orange plastic raincoat. (Bob)

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Dogfight, Nancy Savoca, US, 1991 Several women are wearing rainwear, and there is one girl dressed in a glass-clear plastic mac. (WK)

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Spotswood, Mark Joffe, Australia, 1991 Toni Collette (of 'Muriel's Wedding' fame) rides her bike to work on a wet morning wearing a heavy plastic coat and a visor peak rain bonnet. When she gets there, she confronts her rival, the boss's daughter, who is wearing a red leather coat. (BJ)

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L'Amant, Jean-Jacques Annaud, France, 1991

Indochina in the twenties, a young rich chinese offer to a young french to initiate himself to the pleasures of love. Being not rich herself, she accepts. This film is a commercial compromise of the famous Marguerite Duras book. Jane March wears a pvc oilskin at the end of it. (Cire Noir)

Another correspondent comments: the mackintosh worn by Jane Marsh is probably shiny black rubber, not oilskin? And 'commercial compromise' may be unfair too. (Anon)

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trenchFinal Analysis, Phil Joanou, US, 1992

"Final Analysis", 1992, director is Phil Joanou. This thriller features such actors as Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman and Eric Roberts. Gere plays a role of psychiatrist, who falls in love with the sister (Basinger) of one of his patients. She is married, but hate her husband with a passion.

In some scences Kim Basinger wears a blue trenchcoat and I think she is just marvelous in it. Also there is a scene, when husband asks her pull off her clothes, and she take off trenchcoat slowly. Beautiful woman and beautiful trenchcoat - what a perfect match.

(Artem)

Gas Food and Lodging, Alison Anders, US, 1992

Has Donovan Leitch's kids in it. The girl wears a clear shorty rainjacket.

A beautiful film.

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Batman Returns, 1992 Michelle Pfeiffer again! This time, she transforms her clingy black vinyl raincoat into an even clingier Catwoman costume. (Bill)
A la vitesse d'un cheval au galop, Fabien Onteniente, France, 1992 The story of a bus driver an a young tour guide for elders. The trip becomes an adventure. Lots of famous old actors who used to be known in the fourties, fifties, amongst them Maggie Dussauchoy and Renée Dennsy who are wearing during the entire film a plastic see-thru mac an a shiny blue pvc one. (Cire Noir)
The Crying Game, Neil Jordan, UK, 1992 S/he wears, and noisily removes, a short, black, mac (David)

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Single White Female, Barbet Schroeder, US, 1992 Bridget Fonda frequently sports a skimpy, clingy silver vinyl raincoat throughout the picture. Roommate Jennifer Jason Leigh, who has already adopted Fonda's hairstyle and mannerisms, steals the raincoat to impersonate Fonda when she seduces and kills her boyfriend (Steven Weber). (Bill, also David)

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Riens du Tout, Cedric Klapich, France, 1992 This bitter comedy is set in a big store and involve lots of caracters. One of them, the daughter of the director (played by the lovely Nathalie Richard) has a love story with the most rebelious worker of the team. He has an appointment with her and gets late and he asks everybody if they have seen a blonde girl with a shiny red raincoat. Hes cornes back home an she's waiting him at his door with her magnificent red pvc raincoat. And they kiss each other with the sound of the raincoat. (Cire Noir)

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A Few Good Men, Rob Reiner, USA, 1992 There's one brief scene where Demi Moore goes out in the pouring rain and pulls the collar of her raincoat up around her chin. (Jane W)

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Passport to Murder, David Hemmings, US / Hungary, 1993 Basically I won't recommend anyone to waste time on this movie. It's pretending to be a thriller (or maybe a comedy? Hmmm...), but does it really bad. But one thing helps it. Well, two things - actress Connie Sellecca and her grey mac she wears for a second part of this film. The movie itself is about the woman from New York, that travels to Paris for vacation, and then realise some strangers following her for no reason.
Bitter Moon, Roman Polanski, US, 1993 Features a wonderful black PVC Raincoat. (Andreas)

The woman in the lovely raincoat is Emmauelle Seigner. She is wearing the raincoat in two scenes, where she and her boyfriend (John Coyote) make S/M-games. (MacRain)

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'Smoking' /'No Smoking', Alain Resnais, France, 1993 Sabine Azema again, playing different characters. She appears wearing a red shiny mac and a pink plastic raincoat. (JLZ)
Falsely Accused, Noel Nosseck, US, 1993 A woman wears a translucent plastic jacket. (WK)

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The Hawk, David Heyman, GB, 1993 Helen Mirren (best known as Insp. Jane Tennison of the 'Prime Suspect' series) plays a neurotic suburban housewife who suspects her husband is a serial killer. She wears a rather tatty beige trench coat at various stages, and in one scene we see her dash to her car wearing the coat and a plastic rain hat which she takes off in the car. When they reach the pub we also see a prostitute (the killer's next victim) in a red-tinted, hooded plastic or vinyl raincoat. (BJ)

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Another Stakeout, John Badham, US, 1993. Also known as The Lookout; also Stakeout 2 A not-as-funny follow-on to Stakeout. Cops Chris and Bill reluctantly take Gina (O'Donnell) from the DA's office on a stakeout of a lakeside home. Rosie wears a 3/4 length black vinyl with white geometric print raincoat for much of the beginning of the movie... You can even hear it stretch and crinkle...(Jeff)

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Last Action Hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger, US, 1993. A movie character steps off the screen into the real life of a boy. Don't know if this counts, but in the Police Department scene, there are many characters walking around in background wearing vinyl clothes. The motorcycle cop in the red vinyl catsuit is my fave. (Jeff)

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Greedy, Jonathan Lynn, US, 1994  A woman wears a translucent plastic jacket in the rain. (WK)

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trenchA French Woman, Regis Wargnier, UK/France/Germany,1995 In this drama a character of French actress Emmanuelle Beart falls in love with two men - french military officer and german industrialist. In one scene she wears a grey mac, sadly, unbuttoned and unbelted. (Artem)

Dolores Claiborne, Taylor Hackford, US, 1995 Kathy Bates' title character can be spotted in several scenes wearing a quilt-lined navy blue slicker. (Bill)

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The Doom Generation, Gregg Araki, US, 1995 During this sort of desperate road movie about lost youth, Rose Mc Gowan is wearing a see thru plastic mac. She is beautiful with it but the film unfortunately engages in gratuitous violence. (Cire Noir)

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Stranger in Town, Peter Levin, US, 1995.  A woman wears a nylon-covered plastic rain-bonnet. (WK)

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Assassins, Richard Donner, US, 1995 Julianne Moore wears a black, shortie PVC mac. (Martin, Ad)

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Black Scorpion, Jonathan Winfrey, US, 1995 Joan Severance wears for a short time a clear PVC Coat. (CP)

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Goldeneye, Martin Campbell, 1995 In the opening credits, one of the models appears to wear a see-thru plastic jacket and mini (Martin)

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The Craft, Andrew Fleming, US, 1996 One of the witches, played by Fairuza Balk, wears a short shiny black PVC raincoat during the first half of the film. (Rainy Brian)

Two if by Sea, Bill Bennett, USA, 1996

The beginning of this movie has Sandra Bullock in a vinyl slicker. (Milo/Alexa)

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Surviving Picasso, James Ivory, US, 1996 Starring Anthony Hopkins- and a very wet Klepper mac (Bob) - and the actress wearing the klepper was Natascha McElhone (Anon).

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silver macJoe's Apartment, John Payson, US, 1996

With Jerry O'Conell, Megan Ward and Robert Vaughn.

Joe's apartment is not very clean. But Joe's girlfriend is a smart woman who wears in one scene a nice silver trenchcoat (not belted, what a pity !). (Bernard)

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One Fine Day, Michael Hoffman, US, 1996. In most street scenes, Michelle Pfeiffer wears a beige trench coat. The best shot is when she first meets George Clooney and has a raging row with him from under a bright red umbrella (which she must have thought of hitting him with!). The brolly reappears right at the end, and throughout the film there are people in the background in various kinds of rainwear. I venture the trench and umbrella suits her better than the sou-wester, although of course she'd look OK in a coal sack!! (BJ)

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Temps de Chien, Jean Marboeuf , France, 1996 A film about power in the working world and how it corrupts people. Unfortunately, the demonstration is not convincing! But at the end of it, Fabienne Chaudat is wearing a heavy yellow see thru plastic mac with the hugest collar you can think of and Josianne Leveque wears a green plastic cape with a blue and red collar and yellow and orange arm-slits. Really excentric but pretty plastic macs. (Cire Noir)
Saltwater Moose, Stuart Margolm, Canada, 1996 Although this is a squeaky clean family film about a boy who befriends a moose in the wilds of Canada, towards the end of the film Lolita Davidovitch spends several minutes getting soaked in a thin, hooded, full length cagoule. (PM)

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The Pallbearer, Matt Reeves, US, 1996 Barbara Hershey, almost unrecognizeable as a blonde, wears what looks to be a black & gold striped pvc balmacaan-style full length raincoat in a couple of brief scenes.(William)

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Les sours soleil, Jeannot Szwarc, France, 1996

In a brief scene of that mediocre comedy, Clémentine Célarié is wearing a translucent mac. (Cire Noir)

plastic macUp Close and Personal, John Arvet, US, 1996 One of those typical American sentimental films with a nice couple (Michele Pfeiffer and Robert Redford). Both of them are journalists (not corrupted). Redford is an experienced one and Michele Pfeiffer is a beginner. In her first try to impress him, as she is doing the weather report on TV, she wears a yellow pvc mc with souwester. Charming ! (Cire Noir)

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A Life Less Ordinary, Danny Boyle, US, 1997 Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo are wearing the plastic rainwear during their survailance work on Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz. (W.K)

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raincoatShooting Fish, Stefan Schwartz, UK, 1997

In an otherwise unforgettable movie, Shooting Fish, a young Kate Beckinsale wears two 3/4 lengths macks, tugging at them surrussously from time to time. Given her attire in Underworld, and the interview she gave where she  talked of the 'surprising' discovery of the comfort of whole body  latex catsuit, one wonders if the discovery was not just waiting to happen. (FRS)

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Grace of my Heart, US, 1997 About a young girl struggling to make it in the music business in the '60's, she wants to make it as a singer, but is recognized more by her songwriting abilities. In several scenes, the main character, played by Illeana Douglas, sports a black shiny pvc (?) mac. (LH)

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A Man, A Woman And A Bank, Noel Black, US, 1997

Brooke Adams wears a polyurethane raincoat. (Bob)

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Deconstructing Harry, Woody Allen, US, 1997 In the scene where Woody Allen's character visits his father in Hell, keep a sharp eye to the background and you will see a scantily clad woman in a clear plastic raincoat several times. (Evad)

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Tiré à Part, Bernard Rapp, France, 1997 A detective story in the pure British style directed by French tv journalist (who signs here his first fiction). Hannah Gordon is the typical detective - an old and grumpy but devoted secretary. In a bref scene, you can see her see-thru translucent plastic raincoat. (Cire Noir)
Clockwatchers, Jill Sprecher, USA, 1997 Shy office temp Toni Collette has several scenes where she looks absolutely delicious in a full-length polyurethane or pvc raincoat with a snap front in powder blue with flower print. She completes the ensemble with a matching umbrella. One of the film's subplots involves a series of thefts by the office kleptomaniac. The umbrella is one of the stolen items and there is a scene where Collette tails the thief home in the rain, with the raincoat pulled over her head to stay dry, and sunglasses on (to disguise herself?). I always get excited by watching her scenes in the raincoat (there's even a scene where she takes it off and you can hear the "swish" sounds), and I've probably worn out the tape by now - time to upgrade to DVD! The raincoat scenes save what is otherwise a very boring movie. (William)

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Eve's Bayou, Kasi Lemmons, US, 1997 Has a scene with an african-american girl in a blue plastic raincoat, I think with matching hat...(liatris)

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Hard Rain, Mark Gordon/Gary Levinsohn, US, 1997. As you might expect from the title, Hard Rain features wall-to-wall rain slickers and oilskins, as well as Betty White playing a cantankerous local housewife who makes life difficult for everybody. At various stages she wears a hooded plastic rain coat, with or without a peak rain bonnet, and carries a floral-patterned umbrella. (BJ)

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Pecker, John Waters, US, 1988 After about 15 minutes of this decent film you see a lady trying on a long multicoloured patterned transparent PVC raincoat. (Rainy Brian)
Quand un ange passe, Bertrand Van Effenterre, France, 1998

In one scene,. Félicité Du Jeu is wearing a blue pvc raincoat with a white zip. In the street, one woman wears a shiny black raincoat with white spots. (Cire Noir)

Little Voice, Mark Herman, UK, 1998 Brenda Blethyn wears a short, tight fitting, leopard-print PVC trench in one scene. Given the character's inflated opinion of herself, she probably finds herself much sexier than we do. (William)

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Le Cousin Alain Corneau, France, 1998

In one short scene, one of the prostitutes on the side walk is wearing a short translucent plastic trench. (Cire Noir)

The Butcher Boy, Neil Jordan, US, 1998 Set in rural Ireland in the 1950's/1960's. One lady appears on a couple of occasions in a long green plastic mac. (SH)

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East is East, Damien O'Donnell, UK, 1999 (MacRain)

Ultimo Metro, Andrea Prandstraller, Italy, 1999

A short erotic movie produced by Tinto Brass, an italian erotic movie director. The story is simple: a lady and a boy occasionally have seen each other on opposite subway platforms at midnight, and she decides to do a striptease for him. For a good part of the movie she wears nothing, but a white mac. Thrilling! (Artem)

Dick, Andrew Fleming, France/ Canada/US, 1999

 

Kirsten Dunst wears a really shiny PVC mac; clip on YouTube shows 2 or 3 minutes of her running in it.  (Anon)

Another admirer adds: Both the female stars (Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams) wear plastic raincoats in one of the most memorable scenes in the movie! Kirsten Dunst wears a blue/purple vinyl raincoat and Michelle Williams wears a pink semi-transparent raincoat. Absolutely stunning!

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Tea with Mussolini, Franco Zeffirelli, Italy/UK, 1999

In the first hour Joan Plowright is seen wearing a lovely olive green mackintosh cape with a broad brimmed hat. She was wearing it undone and holding it together when she walked. Broad brimmed hats complement capes a treat. (John)

I do hope this is a mackintosh cape . (LE)

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Six Pack Alain Berberian, France, 1999

In this french modern film noir type (not always very convincing), there is a very long sequence featuring proeminently Betty Bomonde in a magnificent black vinyl raincoat. (Cire Noir)

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