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Cat People [HD]
Cat People [HD]
Nastassja Kinski / HD / R / 1982
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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
Color
Color
Director
Paul Schrader
Editor
Jacqueline Cambas, Jere Huggins, Ned Humphreys, Bud Smith
Format
HD
Language
English
Rating
R
Run Time
119 min
Special Effects
Albert J. Whitlock
Stars
Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee
Subtitles
English/French
Year Released
1982
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