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Cat People
After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.
1982 · Directed by Paul Schrader · 118 min · Fantasy · Horror · 10 frames
Tagline
They are something more than lovers who are about to become something less than human.
Crew
- Screenplay: Alan Ormsby, Paul Schrader
- Cinematography: John Bailey
- Edited by: Jacqueline Cambas, Jere Huggins, Ned Humphreys
- Music: Giorgio Moroder
- Production design: Ferdinando Scarfiotti
- Produced by: Charles W. Fries
Cast
- Nastassja Kinski as Irena Gallier
- Malcolm McDowell as Paul Gallier
- John Heard as Oliver Yates
- Annette O'Toole as Alice Perrin
- Ruby Dee as Female
- Ed Begley Jr. as Joe Creigh
- Scott Paulin as Bill Searle
- Frankie Faison as Det. Brandt
- Ron Diamond as Detective Ron Diamond
- Lynn Lowry as Ruthie
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, RKO Pictures, Charles Fries Productions
- Budget: $12,500,000
- Box office: $21,000,000
- Themes: cat, shotgun, eroticism, transformation, remake, attack, lingerie, held captive, incest, dissection
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