Task: Explanation
Input (English): Hard Rain is a 1998 action-thriller disaster film produced by Mark Gordon, written by Graham Yost, and directed by former cinematographer-turned director Mikael Salomon. It stars Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, and Ed Asner. It is an international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and Japan. The plot centers around a heist and man-made treachery amidst a natural disaster in a small Indiana town. Question: Graham John Yost, is a Canadian film and television screenwriter, and his best-known works include Hard Rain, released in which year, an action-thriller disaster film produced by Mark Gordon, written by Graham Yost? Answer: 1998
Output (English): Hard Rain is a 1998 actionthriller disaster film produced by Mark Gordon, written by Graham Yost, and directed by former cinematographerturned director Mikael Salomon.