Cat People [Blu-ray]

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/21/2014
UPC:	0826663146691
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:58:00

Special Features

New interviews with Writer/Director Paul Schrader, Nastassia Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette 0'Toole and Composer Giorgio Moroder; Theatrical trailer; Still gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Malcolm McDowell	Paul
John Heard	Oliver Yates
Annette O'Toole	Alice Perrin
Ed Begley Jr.	Joe Creigh
Scott Paulin	Bill Searle
Frankie Faison	Detective Brandt
Ron Diamond	Detective Diamond
Lynn Lowry	Ruthie
John Larroquette	Bronte Judson
Ruby Dee	Female
Tessa Richarde	Billie
Patricia Perkins	Taxi Driver
Berry Berenson	Sandra
Fausto Barajas	Otis
John H. Fields	Massage Parlor Manager
Emery Hollier	Yeatman Brewer
Stephen Marshall	Moonie
Robert Pavlovitch	Ted
Julie Denney	Carol
Arione de Winter	Indian Village Mother
Francine Segal	Churchwoman
Don Hood	Agent
David Showacre	Man in Bar
Neva Gage	Catlike Woman
Marisa Folse	Indian Girl
Danelle Hand	Indian Girl
John C. Isbell	Police Officer
Nastassja Kinski	Irena Gallier
Robert Pavlovich	Ted
Stocker Fontelieu	Priester
Marco St. John	Policeman
Roger Reid	Policeman
Terc Martinez	Cub Scout
David Ross McCarty	Man in Airport
Ray Wise	Soap Opera Man
James Deeth	Second Helicopter Pilot
Jo Dearing	Soap Opera Woman
Brett Alexander	Cub Scout
David Blackwell	Staring Man on Bus
The Black Pope	D.J.
Charles Joseph Konya Jr.	Policeman
Harry Hauss	First Helicopter Pilot
Gregory Gatto	Cub Scout
Giorgio Moroder	Composer
David Bowie	Composer

Technical Credits

Paul Schrader

Alan Ormsby

DeWitt Bodeen

Walter Davis

Paul Schrader	Director,Screenwriter
Alan Ormsby	Screenwriter
Jerry Bruckheimer	Executive Producer
Tom Burman	Special Effects
Charles Fries	Producer,Producer
Albert Whitlock	Special Effects
Max Rosenberg	Executive Producer
James Cummins	Special Effects
Brad Bovee	Stunts
Charles L. Campbell	Sound Effects
Mary Goldberg	Casting
Angie Dickinson	Stunts
Bennie Dobbins	Stunts
Ron Oxley	Stunts
Bradley J. Bovee	Stunts
DeWitt Bodeen	Screenwriter
Walter Davis	Screenwriter
Madeleine Klein	Stunts
Mike Tillman	Stunts
Angeline Brown	Stunts
Albert J. Whitlock	Special Effects
Vince Deadrick Jr.	Stunts
Beth Nufer	Stunts
Richard C. Franklin	Sound Editor
Larry Carow	Sound Editor
Jim Webb	Sound/Sound Designer
Chris McLaughlin	Sound/Sound Designer
Louis L. Edemann	Sound Editor