Max CadyRobert De NiroSam BowdenNick NolteLee HellerGregory PeckDanielle BowdenJuliette LewisLeigh BowdenJessica LangeClaude KersekJoe Don BakerCape Fear/Characters
When attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) knowingly withholds evidence that would acquit violent sex offender Max Cady (Robert De Niro) of rape charges, Max spends 14 years in prison. But after Max's release, knowing about Sam's deceit, he devotes his life to stalking and destroying the Bowden family. When practical attempts to stop Max fail, Sam realizes that he must act outside the law to protect his wife and daughter in Martin Scorsese's remake of the classic 1962 thriller.Cape Fear / Film synopsis
Max Cady : "I am like God, and God like me. I am as large as God, He is as small as I. He cannot above me, nor I beneath Him be." Silesius, 17th Century. Max Cady : Counselor!
Although a little gory for one or two scenes, "Cape fear" is well worth a watch.
Cape Fear is a prominent headland jutting into the Atlantic Ocean from Bald Head Island on the coast of North Carolina in the southeastern United States.
In the film's final act, Sam, his wife Leigh (Jessica Lange) and Danielle escape Max on their houseboat, which they ride up Cape Fear River. Max sneaks onto the boat, but Danielle outsmarts him by dousing him with lighter fluid as he lights a cigar.
Mike: "He's constantly doing his impression of Robert De Niro watching 'Problem Child' in 'Cape Fear'."
The novel has been adapted to the big screen twice as Cape Fear: once in 1962, by J. Lee Thompson, and again in 1991 by the great Martin Scorsese. I think both of these films are incredibly valuable, and each has its own strengths and weaknesses, but I want to explore what sets them apart.
Locations for the 1962 “Cape Fear” were shot in and around Savannah and at a marina in northern California, according to Internet Movie Database. (The seedy hotel, however, where Mitchum hangs out, is none other than the “Mother Bates” house from the movie “Psycho” on the Universal Studios lot.)
The Cape Fear region of North Carolina is home to some of the nation's best beaches, five of which are within 20 minutes of River Bluffs. There's so much to explore, from the boardwalk at Carolina Beach to the surf at Wrightsville Beach to the unspoiled beauty of Masonboro Island.
Gritty, violent Scorsese classic has cursing, nudity, blood.
It should be noted both takes on Cape Fear are great with the films being tense, stylish thrillers with some fantastic performances. When it comes to sheer intensity, however, Cape Fear 1991 comes out on top.
The river is named for Cape Fear, at the southern tip of Smith Island, the site of dangerous shoals. The river and its region are the setting for the popular Hollywood film noir Cape Fear (originally made in 1962 and remade in 1991), which is based on the novel The Executioner (1958) by John MacDonald.
The Cape Fear region of North Carolina is home to some of the nation's best beaches, five of which are within 20 minutes of River Bluffs. There's so much to explore, from the boardwalk at Carolina Beach to the surf at Wrightsville Beach to the unspoiled beauty of Masonboro Island.
Gritty, violent Scorsese classic has cursing, nudity, blood.
“I was 18 when I did Cape Fear, playing a 14-year-old, and so many people thought that Scorsese had just found me and that I really was that girl but I wasn't,” said Lewis. “I auditioned for it. That character is based on a young girl I met in a park who was holding a kitten.