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Cat People is a 1942 American supernatural horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced for RKO by Val Lewton. The film tells the story of Irena Dubrovna, a newly married Serbian fashion illustrator obsessed with the idea that she is descended from an ancient tribe of Cat People who metamorphose into black panthers when aroused.
- Cat People began as a title without a premise. Thanks to Citizen Kane and other expensive bombs, RKO was teetering on the brink of financial ruin in the early 1940s.
- Ironically, Val Lewton was afraid of cats. According to his wife, Ruth Lewton, “Val hated cats! Oh gosh, I remember once, I was in bed and he was writing—he used to like to write late in the night.
- Numerous set pieces in Cat People were recycled from other films. Hampered by a shoestring budget of just over $141,000, Lewton made sure to cut corners when he could.
- Cat People was one of the first horror movies to use the "jump scare." The bus sequence is easily the most iconic moment in Cat People, and for good reason.
Mar 12, 2006 · A strange friendship forms among Alice (Jane Randolph, left), Irena (Simone Simon) and Oliver (Kent Smith) in “Cat People” (1942). "Cat People" is constructed almost entirely out of fear. There wasn't a budget for much of anything else. It exists on eight or nine sets, the running time is only 73 minutes, it has few special effects, there ...
"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" is a song recorded by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie as the title track of the 1982 erotic horror film Cat People. Bowie became involved with the track after director Paul Schrader reached out to him about collaborating.
Mar 18, 1988 · DeWitt Bodeen, who was a principal screenwriter in the film versions of “Cat People” and “Billy Budd” and later wrote movie-related books, died Saturday of bronchial pneumonia at the Motion...
Jacques Tourneur. Writer. DeWitt Bodeen. Stars. Simone Simon. Tom Conway. Kent Smith. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $3.99. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 24.2K users. 203 User reviews. 145 Critic reviews. 85 Metascore. Awards. 2 wins & 3 nominations.
Cat People is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, and Annette O'Toole. It is a remake of the 1942 RKO Radio Pictures film of the same name. Giorgio Moroder composed the film's score (the second Schrader film to be scored by Moroder, after American Gigolo ...
