View Full Version : POLL: Cape Fear 1962 or 1991?
Looking forward to the box set out in January. I really liked Scorsese's remake, we did a film study on it back when i was in college. I haven't seen the first but will do when i pick this box set up.
So which is best/how do they differ?
For me the remake is classier, but maybe that's because I think De Niro is great in just about anything he used to do! :D
Also as a nice touch the 2 main stars from the original make cameo appearances in this version.
I think both films are good and I'll definetly be buying the 3 disc box set
Bapapapa
06-12-2001, 10:20
Haven't seen the original, so I can't comment. DeNiro is great in the remake, but his acting/dubbing in the final scene was ridiculous.
charlie angel
06-12-2001, 10:26
1991 - much scarier
kerbcrawler
06-12-2001, 10:40
This is a tough one since the scariness of the original has not dated too well, while the ending of the re-make is just plain awful.
Accordingly I think I would have to go for a draw as each is a great companion piece to the other; has so much to say about the times in which they were made (especially re the family unit); and are brilliantly shot with great performances.
A DRAW it is then.
Only ever seen the remake, which is why I bought the R1 DVD whilst on holiday in the US this September.
Kevin Harper
06-12-2001, 12:20
I must say I prefer the original - OK a bit dated now bit caused quite a stir in its day. I think I am right in saying it is the most censored film in the history of the BBFC who demanded around 161 cuts in 1961 ! Whilst I am a fan of Scorsese I think his version is not one of his better efforts - DeNiro is just too OTT.
Robert Mitchum gives a far better performance IMHO end is just evil - much like in Night of the Hunter
Still this film retains Bernard Herrmann's superb score which is one of the plusses in the original and also cameos from most of the cast.
Lik Mearse
06-12-2001, 12:41
Fellow Scumbags,
the original, quite easily.
Mitchum doesn't need tattoos to make him scary. De Niro is like a choir boy in comparison.
Then again, you may prefer choir boys...
Yours Psychopathically,
Lik.
Originally posted by Kevin Harper
[BI think I am right in saying it is the most censored film in the history of the BBFC who demanded around 161 cuts in 1961 ! [/B]
Oh No, :( will this be the case with this new DVD?.
I hate buying cut DVDs. I stupidly bought Lethal Weapon 4 without realising there is a couple off minutes :eek: cut from the film.
Cornelius
06-12-2001, 13:41
For me the remake is better. De Niro is so menacing, tenacious and vicious, he was just so unstoppable.
The original was very good and so was the remake.If I had to choose it would be the remake but only because of De Niro.
The original was very good and so was the remake.If I had to choose it would be the remake but only because of De Niro.
Ditto.
Kevin Harper
06-12-2001, 16:07
Originally posted by Robby
Oh No, :( will this be the case with this new DVD?.
I hate buying cut DVDs. I stupidly bought Lethal Weapon 4 without realising there is a couple off minutes :eek: cut from the film.
The DVD is the uncut version I hasten to add - I believe the first time the uncut version was shown in this country was on BBC's Moviedrome a number of years ago if that helps...!
Aardvark
06-12-2001, 17:38
Both good but I'm going for the original. Mitchum. Class.
By the way, did you know that the final scenes in the remake (the houseboat getting smashed-up) were done by Derek 'Thunderbird 2' Meddings?
Tristan H
06-12-2001, 17:50
Definitely the re-make for me. It's simply a film with a greater director behind it. I agree that Mitchum was excellent in the 1962 version, but Peck's charcter was too wooden and clean cut. I also thought that Juliette Lewis in the role of Sam Bowden's daughter brought a great deal to Scorsese's version as well.
The original. The remake is pretty mediocre in my view, a verdict which Scorsese would probably agree with. The difference between Robert Mitchum and 1990's De Niro is that between a great film actor and a superficially great technician past his best. Come to think of it, the last truly great De Niro performance was way back in 1984 in "Once Upon A Time In America". He's been coasting ever since, with the partial exception of "Casino".
I also thought that Juliette Lewis in the role of Sam Bowden's daughter brought a great deal to Scorsese's version as well
....the only thing Juliette Lewis brought to the remake was an annoying voice.....i much prefer the original for the atmosphere it presents alone...Robert Mitchum was much better than De Niro, who although good in the remake, relied too much on Scorcese' visuals to make him appear scary..Mitchum achieved his menace, as someone earlier pointed out earlier, without the OTT tats and hammy acting....all just my opinion of course :D
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