{"id":53,"date":"2018-02-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2018\/02\/23\/five-films-featuring-a-rain-of-animals\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T14:00:00","slug":"five-films-featuring-a-rain-of-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2018\/02\/23\/five-films-featuring-a-rain-of-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Films Featuring&#8230;A Rain of Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tWow, so I did not know there was a term for animals falling from the sky, but apparently it&#8217;s called a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rain_of_animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rain of Animals<\/a>&#8221; and it&#8217;s a real thing. To justify the several hours I spent reading about this phenomenon during my work day, here&#8217;s Five Films Featuring&#8230;A Rain of Animals.<\/p>\n<h4>1. Magnolia (<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.wrlc.org\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=6249588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HU DVD 1458<\/a>)<\/h4>\n<p>Sort of the obvious, classic rain of animals in film.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--N5lhvCr_TA\/WoRKF1HmZoI\/AAAAAAAAAoM\/8mOrnd-Ss9w7OuON0-ZzZ9YG6F6JeEb_wCLcBGAs\/s1600\/giphy%2B%252821%2529.gif\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--N5lhvCr_TA\/WoRKF1HmZoI\/AAAAAAAAAoM\/8mOrnd-Ss9w7OuON0-ZzZ9YG6F6JeEb_wCLcBGAs\/s400\/giphy%2B%252821%2529.gif\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4>2. Fargo, Season 1 (<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.wrlc.org\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=14020362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HU DVD 11556<\/a>)<\/h4>\n<p>I hope this isn&#8217;t too spoilery. But Season 1 of Fargo, the TV show, features a rain of fish.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pUXe1htLblw\/WoRJwukGNfI\/AAAAAAAAAoI\/Icb2shXzep8h7ldkrLRRj7w3NOweKwwXwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/9e1a68_46fa1ba6c36f4b14a24474e164133f2c.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pUXe1htLblw\/WoRJwukGNfI\/AAAAAAAAAoI\/Icb2shXzep8h7ldkrLRRj7w3NOweKwwXwCLcBGAs\/s320\/9e1a68_46fa1ba6c36f4b14a24474e164133f2c.png\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4>3. Triplets of Belleville (<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.wrlc.org\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=5815362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HU DVD 1225<\/a>)<\/h4>\n<p>A self-made rain&#8230;of frogs.<\/p>\n<h4>4. Twister (<a href=\"\/\/catalog.wrlc.org\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=15138442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HU DVD 12600<\/a>)<\/h4>\n<div>&#8220;A Storm of Cows&#8221; was the best Game of Thrones book IMHO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4>5. Sharknado<\/h4>\n<p>You will be relieved to know that the library does not, in fact, own Sharknado. We have standards. <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.wrlc.org\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=16651068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kind of<\/a>. However, I simply had to highlight it because&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Happy Friday.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, so I did not know there was a term for animals falling from the sky, but apparently it&#8217;s called a &#8220;Rain of Animals&#8221; and it&#8217;s a real thing. To justify the several hours I spent reading about this phenomenon during my work day, here&#8217;s Five Films Featuring&#8230;A Rain of Animals. 1. 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