Cape Fear
There is nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light. Except fear.
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Cast & Crew
Robert De Niro
Nick Nolte
Jessica Lange
Juliette Lewis
Joe Don Baker
Robert Mitchum
Gregory Peck
Illeana Douglas
Fred Dalton Thompson
Zully Montero
Martin Balsam
Craig Henne
Edgar Allan Poe IV
Antoni Corone
Roger Pretto
Production
Robert De Niro
Steven Spielberg
Kathleen Kennedy
Frank Marshall
Ellen Lewis
Barbara De Fina
Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker
Camera
Freddie Francis
Costume & Make-Up
Rita Ryack
Fun Facts of Movie
- The thick accent Robert De Niro used to play Max Cady reportedly gave Martin Scorsese the creeps. As a joke, De Niro would call Scorsese’s house, leaving voicemails as Cady.
- The scene in the high school auditorium was completely ad-libbed by Robert De Niro and Juliette Lewis, and done on the first take.
- Robert De Niro paid a dentist $5,000 to make his teeth look suitably bad for the role of Max Cady. After filming, he paid $20,000 to have them fixed.
- Robert De Niro did a lot of working out several months before the movie and during the shoot to make him the muscular Max Cady, reportedly taking his body fat down to only three percent.
- Juliette Lewis developed a crush on Robert De Niro during the scene in the drama class.
- Gregory Peck, who starred in Cape Fear (1962), appears as Cady’s lawyer. Robert Mitchum played Max Cady in the 1962 version, and appears as Lieutenant Elgart. Martin Balsam played Mark Dutton in the 1962 version, and the judge in this version.
- Robert De Niro researched sexual predator crimes for the part, and suggested the scene where his character bites the victim. Robert De Niro was tattooed with vegetable dyes, which faded after a few months.
- Steven Spielberg was originally set to direct. He later recommended Martin Scorsese for the job and personally called Scorsese, letting him know that this was a commercial film that had potential to be a hit, which would exercise more power for Scorsese to make his films.
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