Cape Fear

Director: Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese

Overview

A remake of the 1962 version, this nail-biting and brutal thriller tells the story of a vengeful ex-con who sets out to ruin the lawyer who sent him to prison for committing a series of rapes 14 years before. The plot is based on a story by John D. MacDonald. Look carefully and see cameo appearances by a few stars from the original version.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/23/2005
UPC:	0025192894220
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, THX-Supervised Mastering, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:08:00
Sales rank:	4,731

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Robert De Niro	Max Cady
Nick Nolte	Sam Bowden
Jessica Lange	Leigh Bowden
Juliette Lewis	Danielle Bowden,Actor
Joe Don Baker	Claude Kersek
Robert Mitchum	Lt. Elgart
Gregory Peck	Lee Heller
Martin Balsam	Judge
Illeana Douglas	Lori Davis
Fred Dalton Thompson	Tom Broadbent
Zully Montero	Graciella
Craig Henne	Prisoner
Forest Burton	Prisoner
Paul Nagle, Jr.	Parade Watcher
Edgar Allan Poe IV	Prisoner
Rod Ball	Prisoner
W. Paul Bodie	Prisoner
Joel Kolker	Corrections Officer
Antoni Corone	Corrections Officer
Tamara Jones	Ice Cream Cashier
Roger Pretto	Racquetball Colleague
Parris Buckner	Racquetball Colleague
Margot Moreland	Secretary
Will Knickerbocker	Detective
Robert L Gerlach	Arresting Officer
Bruce E. Holdstein	Arresting Officer
Richard Wasserman	Parade Watcher
Paul Nagle Jr.	Parade Watcher
Paul Froehler	Parade Watcher
Mary Ellen O'Brien	Parade Watcher
Jodie Wilson	Parade Watcher,Parade Watcher
Kate Colburn	Waitress
Garr Stevens	1st Big Man
Billy Lucas	2nd Big Man
Ken Collins	3rd Big Man
Linda Perri	Ticket Agent
Elizabeth Moyer	Ticket Agent
Catherine Scorsese	Fruit Stand Customer,Fruit Stand Customer
C.C. Costigan	Waitress
Chad Dowdell	Jim (uncredited)
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese	Danny's Girlfriend
Jackie Davis	Jimmy the Dockmaster
Elmer Bernstein	Composer

Technical Credits

Wesley Strick

John C. MacDonald

James R. Webb

Martin Scorsese	Director
Barbara De Fina	Producer
Leon Delaney	Stunts
Stephan Dupuis	Special Effects
J.B. Jones	Special Effects
Kathleen Kennedy	Executive Producer
Frank Marshall	Executive Producer
Neal Martz	Special Effects
Derek Meddings	Special Effects
Wesley Strick	Screenwriter
John C. MacDonald	Screenwriter
James R. Webb	Screenwriter
Steven Spielberg	Executive Producer,Producer
Robert De Niro	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Emphasizing dark brutality and family dysfunction, Martin Scorsese reconceived the early-'60s noir thriller Cape Fear (1991) for the far more jaded '90s. Rather than an attack on familial bliss, rapist Max Cady's vendetta against the Bowdens brings the existing rot to the surface; the diseased justice system provides an assist in the person of not only Nick Nolte's ex-public defender and philandering husband Sam Bowden, but also a slyly recast Gregory Peck as Cady's new attorney, and Robert Mitchum as a sheriff. The latent corruption reaches a peak in the creepy "seduction" scene between Robert De Niro's Cady and Juliette Lewis' Danielle Bowden; rather than a threatened innocent, she is a nubile, willing accomplice in Cady's game. Though Cady's Biblical vengeance, hellfire and brimstone tattoos, and legitimate beef with Sam initially make him a compelling villain, the over-the-top violence and horror movie grossness ultimately undermine the story's chilling elements, turning it into a rote genre piece that pales next to Scorsese's earlier work. Executed with technical aplomb, complete with Bernard Herrmann's original 1962 score recreated by Elmer Bernstein, Cape Fear became Scorsese's biggest box-office success (and fodder for a hilarious parody on TV's The Simpsons).