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Let's talk about the psychological thriller Cape Fear. The film follows a released convicted rapist as he stalks his former defense lawyer, who hid evidence to secure his conviction.
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Based on the novel by John D. MacDonald
Music by Bernard Herrmann and Elmer Bernstein
Starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Fred Dalton Thompson, Illeana Douglas, Martin Balsam, Zully Montero, and GREGORY PECK
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 18, 2023 3:06 PM |
One of the best remakes of all time. In fact, I think this version is better than the original.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 17, 2023 7:22 PM |
The music used on the original trailer is fantastic
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 17, 2023 7:26 PM |
R2 yes it is!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 17, 2023 7:36 PM |
I’m Jessica Lange in a thankless role.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 17, 2023 7:39 PM |
I think it sort of crystalized Lange's screen persona for me. Blowsy, chain smoking, volatile, sexual, a bit camp. I find her magnetic in the movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 17, 2023 7:41 PM |
I’m Juliette Lewis sucking on a strange man’s thumb.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 17, 2023 7:46 PM |
Gregory Peck's final film
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 17, 2023 7:52 PM |
Joe Don Baker drinks whiskey and Pepto Bismol
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 17, 2023 8:15 PM |
bump
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 17, 2023 11:26 PM |
Juliette was such a retard.
I mean, is.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 18, 2023 1:04 AM |
R10 wow cancelled lol
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 18, 2023 2:47 AM |
I don't think DeNiro was convincing as a southerner.
Nolte was perfect in his role as a lazy lawyer. The wife role was kind of boring, even with Jessica Lange.
Physically, Juliette Lewis didn't look like the child of Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 18, 2023 3:12 AM |
The scene where De Niro bites Illeanna Douglas' face is horrible.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 18, 2023 3:17 AM |
God, I have been meaning to rewatch this FOREVER. It's been years. Loved it in the '90s. Even though Scorsese was remaking another director, it feels like his most overt tribute to Hitchcock.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 18, 2023 3:18 AM |
Only in the 90s would someone with Juliette Lewis' looks get screen time.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 18, 2023 3:24 AM |
Juliette was never, ever pretty R15 but there are still fugly girls acting in movies
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 18, 2023 3:28 AM |
I always thought Lewis was awful in this movie. Yet, her narration is brilliant.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 18, 2023 3:32 AM |
Deniro taps into the evangelical bullshit so well the character is a proto MAGAT.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 18, 2023 4:59 AM |
R15 her face looks like it was made of spare parts and glue. Her fame baffles me. Ditto white Michelle Williams.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 18, 2023 5:10 AM |
I just can’t get myself to watch this. Feels like I’m being untrue to Robert Mitchum or something which is so crazy but that is it.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 18, 2023 5:16 AM |
Why remake a film that was so brilliantly good? I think J. Lee Thompson said Scorsese having a storm in the climax was a good idea.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 18, 2023 8:35 AM |
Scorsese’s version is entertaining but pretentious
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 18, 2023 12:52 PM |
R13 you mean horrible as in a bad scene or horrible as in horrific and terrifyingly accurate?
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 18, 2023 2:09 PM |
horrifiying with the violence shown. The original is better as Mitchum menaces Barrie Chase by implication.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 18, 2023 3:06 PM |
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