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Cat People
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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   6,270 votes
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Director:
Writers:
DeWitt Bodeen (story)
Alan Ormsby (writer)
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Release Date:
2 April 1982 (USA) more
Tagline:
An Erotic Fantasy About The Animal In Us All. more
Plot:
The Cat People originated way back in time, when humans sacrificed their women to Leopards, who mated with them... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
I'm a cat person...and I liked "Cat People" more (89 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nastassja Kinski ... Irena Gallier (as Nastassia Kinski)

Malcolm McDowell ... Paul Gallier

John Heard ... Oliver Yates
Annette O'Toole ... Alice Perrin
Ruby Dee ... Female

Ed Begley Jr. ... Joe Creigh

Scott Paulin ... Bill Searle
Frankie Faison ... Detective Brandt
Ron Diamond ... Detective Ron Diamond

Lynn Lowry ... Ruthie

John Larroquette ... Bronte Judson
Tessa Richarde ... Billie
Patricia Perkins ... Taxi Driver
Berry Berenson ... Sandra
Fausto Barajas ... Otis
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Runtime:
118 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1988) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1982) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | Brazil:16 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | France:-12 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R
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Trivia:
The director liked Frankie Faison's performance as "Det. Brandt" but in editing didn't feel his voice worked, so it was dubbed by that of African American actor Albert Hall. more
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Continuity: During the scene where the panther is in the hooker's room and Oliver is cleaning the window on the outside of the building, there is no silhouette on the inside shot of the room visible. more
Movie Connections:
References "Candid Camera" (1948) more
Soundtrack:
Faraway Places more

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15 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
I'm a cat person...and I liked "Cat People", 26 May 2003
7/10
Author: Jonny_Numb from Hellfudge, Pennsylvania

Like Joe D'Amato's "Buried Alive," this remake of "Cat People" is technically a love story with a tough horror exterior. Both aspects of these genres fit quite well to create an unconventional entertainment. The movie gets especially high mileage out of two inspired leads--Nastassia Kinski as the young, attractive virgin (she also looks like a more predatory version of Isabella Rossellini); and Malcolm McDowell, who still glows with all the playful malevolence he brought to "A Clockwork Orange," as her brother, who morphs into a panther when sexually aroused. In spite of an ill-defined supporting cast, Paul Schrader's assured direction, the bizarre script (by "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" star Alan Ormsby), those lush New Orleans locations, and the chemistry between Kinski and McDowell keep "Cat People" afloat. It's a sexually charged horror story told with a straight face, and it works.

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