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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 09/18/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered,Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 2 hrs 8 mins Studio: Universal Studios Total Copies: 1 Genres: Crime, Thriller, Crime Thriller, Psychological Thriller See Also: Cape Fear, Cape Fear [$5 Halloween Candy Cash Offer]

Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear provided the director with a box-office success to follow up the critical success of the previous year's Goodfellas. After serving a lengthy prison sentence for a sexual assault, Max Cady (Robert De Niro) comes calling on the man who served as his public defender, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte). Max begins a campaign of harassment against the man and his family because Bowden buried a report that would have in all likelihood acquitted Cady of the charges against him. Bowden's shaky ethics continue in his personal life as he is considering beginning an extramarital affair with colleague Lori Davis (Illeana Douglas), since he and his wife, Leigh (Jessica Lange) have had a difficult time coming back together since he has admitted to previous indiscretions. Cady infiltrates the family most insidiously by cultivating a relationship with the Bowden's troubled teenage daughte, Danielle (Juliette Lewis), who is all the more susceptible to Cady's advances because of her parents' problems. Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck, the stars of the original film, have cameo appearances in this version of Cape Fear. De Niro and Lewis were both nominated for Academy Awards for their work in the film. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Robert De Niro - Max Cady
Nick Nolte - Sam Bowden
Jessica Lange - Leigh Bowden
Juliette Lewis - Danielle Bowden
Joe Don Baker - Claude Kersek

Cape Fear comes to DVD in a widescreen anamorphic picture format (2.35:1 theatrical aspect ratio) and a closed-captioned English Dolby 5.1 Stereo. Special features include: a "making of" documentary/featurette; some footage deleted from the theatrical version of the film; interviews with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, and Nick Nolte; and a feature illustrating the move from script to screen. The sound and picture of this tenth-anniversary transfer to DVD are a bit sharper and clearer than VHS quality; the extra footage and featurettes will interest fans of the original movie. ~ Craig Chalquist, All Movie Guide