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Cape Fear (1991) 7.3
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7.3/10 from 87,167 users
Metascore: 73/100
Reviews: 237 user | 79 critic | 9 from Metacritic.com A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a 14 year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. Director:Martin Scorsese |
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Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver"-esque family-man. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss. Written by James Craver
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Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them. See more »Genres:
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Rated R for strong violence, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 November 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cabo de miedo See more »Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$79,100,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Danielle: My reminiscence. I always thought that for such a lovely river the name is mystifying: "Cape Fear". When the only thing to fear on those enchanted summer nights was that the magic would end and real life would come crashing in.
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From the opera Lucia Di Lammermoor-Gaetano Donizetti (as Donizetti)
Courtesy of Everest Records
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This is the first film that Martin Scorsese uses optical FX. See more »Goofs
The recorded threat was different to the actual threat made to Cady. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Danielle: My reminiscence. I always thought that for such a lovely river the name is mystifying: "Cape Fear". When the only thing to fear on those enchanted summer nights was that the magic would end and real life would come crashing in.
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Crazy Credits
Later half of the credits are played to the sound of nighttime crickets. See more »Soundtracks
"Per te d'immenso giubilo"From the opera Lucia Di Lammermoor-Gaetano Donizetti (as Donizetti)
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Martin Scorsese takes his first whack at the horror/thriller genre with a remake of the 1962 classic of the same title. While I can not truthfully say the original was better due to the fact that I never saw the original, I have a feeling that Scorsese has brought his maestro touch to the film that changes it slightly from the original to make it better, because this is quite the suspenser.
Here, a very dangerous and evil man named Max Cady (played in one of the best villain roles of the 90's by Robert De Niro) gets out of jail after 14 years of imprisonment, and decides to get vengeance on the lawyer (Nick Nolte) and his family (Jessica Lange the mother and a young and supple Juliette Lewis as the daughter). At times the film is surprisingly slow, but the film is never boring, and suspense is always in the air; the climax/ending contains some of Scorsese and De Niro's finest work. Also, De Niro steals the show as the animal Cady by making the person who is supposed to be the hero into a flawed character, thereby turning the film almost into a Film-noir, which is quite a feat for Scorsese and company. Not perfect, but it shouldn't be. Those are Scorsese's parents briefly buying fruit. A-