Mondays with Marty: Cape Fear (1991)
- Mon, May 6
Director: Martin Scorsese Run Time: 128 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1991
Starring: Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, Juliette Lewis, Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro
Country: United States
Language: English
Mondays with Marty
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Martin Scorsese brings his cinematic prowess to a genre that he has always loved—suspense. His interpretation of the 1962 Gregory Peck-Robert Mitchum classic, Cape Fear (1991) features a terrifying central performance by Robert De Niro and a star-making turn from Juliette Lewis, both actors, nominated for Academy Awards for their performances.
“an essential work by one of our masters”
—Vincent Camby, New York Times
Vicious psychopath Max Cady (De Niro) has returned to exact his revenge. Fourteen years have passed since attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) failed to keep him out of prison. There, his body hardened, and his hate forged into iron resolve. Now, he vows that Bowden will “learn something about loss.” And whatever move Bowden makes to save himself and his family only serves to entangle them further in Cady’s web of terror.
About the filmmaker:
Martin Scorsese is an influential and award-winning American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades and honors, including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”—Mean Streets (1973), his Palme d’Or winner Taxi Driver (1976), concert documentary The Last Waltz (1978), Raging Bull (1980), and Goodfellas (1990). An advocate for film preservation and restoration, Scorsese founded three nonprofit organizations: the Film Foundation in 1990, the World Cinema Foundation in 2007, and the African Film Heritage Project in 2017.
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