Cat People [HD] DVD

Cat People
In this loose adaptation of the 1942 horror classic of the same name, a 2001-style opening montage establishes some sort of sacrificial, mystical union between panthers and an ancient tribe of humans. Flash forward to 1980's New Orleans, where waifish Irina (Natassja Kinski) meets her older brother, Paul (Malcolm McDowell), a minister, for the first time since their animal trainer parents died and she was sent to a series of foster homes. Paul's Creole housekeeper, Female (Ruby Dee), helps Irina settle into her brother's home, but Paul himself disappears. Cut to a fleabag motel where a blasé prostitute finds an angry panther instead of a client; after mauling her, the cat is captured by police and a team of zoologists: Oliver (John Heard), Alice (Annette O'Toole), and Joe (Ed Begley Jr.). The next day Irina finds herself in the zoo where these scientists work; drawn to the newly captured panther, she befriends Oliver and takes a job in the gift shop. Shortly after the panther's violence turns deadly, it escapes, and soon Paul turns up spouting an unbelievable story about his family's were-cat heritage and his inevitable sexual union with little Irina. On the run from her dangerous brother, Irina takes refuge in a sexually frustrated romance with Oliver, afraid of what might happen if she consummates their passion. Astute viewers will notice that the zoologist characters refer to the film's panthers as leopards; "panther" is actually a generic term for any large cat, especially a black one, but Cat People's panthers are in fact leopards whose black color comes from a recessive trait known as melanism. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

Cast Nastassja Kinski as Irena Gallier Malcolm McDowell as Paul Gallier John Heard as Oliver Yates Annette O'Toole as Alice Perrin Ruby Dee as Female Ed Begley, Jr. as Joe Creigh Scott Paulin as Bill Searle Frankie R. Faison as Detective Brandt Ron Diamond as Detective Ron Diamond Lynn Lowry as Ruthie John Larroquette as Bronte Judson Tessa Richarde as Billie Patricia Perkins as Taxi Driver Berry Berenson as Sandra Fausto Barajas as Otis John H. Fields as Massage Parlor Manager Emery Hollier as Yeatman Brewer

Crew Ed Richardson - Art Director Mary Goldberg - Casting Daniel Paredes - Costume Designer Michael Grillo - First Assistant Director Paul Schrader - Director Bud Smith - Second Unit Director Jacqueline Cambas - Editor Jere Huggins - Editor Bud Smith - Editor Ned Humphreys - Editor Max Rosenberg - Executive Producer Jerry Bruckheimer - Executive Producer Janice D. Brandow - Hair Styles Charles James Newirth - Location Manager Giorgio Moroder - Composer (Music Score) David Bowie - Composer (Music Score) Leonard Engelman - Makeup Mike Menzel - Makeup Special Effects Thomas R. Burman - Makeup Special Effects Steve Yaconelli - Camera Operator Ferdinando Scarfiotti - Production Designer William Badalato - Production Designer John Bailey - Cinematographer Charles W. Fries - Producer Bruce Weintraub - Set Designer Curtis Schnell - Set Designer Lauren Cory - Set Designer Jeannine Oppewall - Set Designer Albert J. Whitlock - Special Effects Jim Webb - Sound/Sound Designer Chris McLaughlin - Sound/Sound Designer Larry Carow - Sound Editor Louis L. Edemann - Sound Editor Richard C. Franklin - Sound Editor Ron Oxley - Stunts Madeleine Cowie Klein - Stunts Vince Deadrick, Jr. - Stunts Angie Dickinson - Stunts Beth Nufer - Stunts Mark Weiner - Stunts Mike Tillman - Stunts Angeline Brown - Stunts Bennie E. Dobbins - Stunts Bradley J. Bovee - Stunts Walter Scott - Stunts Coordinator William Badalato - Unit Production Manager Tom Jacobson - Unit Production Manager DeWitt Bodeen - Screen Story Paul Schrader - Screenwriter Walter Halsey Davis - Screenwriter DeWitt Bodeen - Screenwriter Alan Ormsby - Screenwriter Jeffrey Kimball - Second Unit Camera Mark Weiner - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Steve Martin - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Ron Oxley - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Syd Dutton - Matte Artist Ross Albert - Associate Editor Richard S. Walden - First Assistant Camera Joel Kirschner - First Assistant Camera Bob Badami - Music Editor Vic Petrotta, Jr. - Properties Master Robert L. Hoyt - Re-Recording Mixer Stanley Polinsky - Re-Recording Mixer John J. Stephens - Re-Recording Mixer Stephen P. Dunn - Second Assistant Director Charles L. Campbell - Supervising Sound Editor Hank Salerno - ADR Editor Jack Taylor - Assistant Art Director Craig Bassett - First Assistant Editor Corey Burton - ADR Loop Group Donah Bassett - Negative Cutter Arnold Goodwin - Title Design

Cat People
(not reviewed)
 

David Bowie: Golden Globe, Best Original Song (nominated) Giorgio Moroder: Golden Globe, Best Original Score (nominated) Giorgio Moroder: Golden Globe, Best Original Song (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Cat People: an intimate portrait by Paul Schrader Feature commentary with director Paul Schrader On the set with director Paul Schrader On the set with director Paul Schrader Cat People matte paintings Special makeup effects by Tom Burman Filmmaker Robert Wise on the producer of the original Cat People, Val Lewton Production photographs DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 119 min