CAPE FEAR 'Max' - Elmer Bernstein (adapted Herrmann score)

Cape Fear is a 1991 film, directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the 1962 film of the same name and tells the story of a family man, a former public defender, whose family is threatened by a ex-con who wants vengeance for having been imprisoned for 14 years because of the lawyer's purposefully faulty defense tactics, prejudicing the accused. It received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Robert De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis).
Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) is a former Atlanta public defender who seeks to start a life in corporate law for him and his family in the quiet resort town of New Essex, North Carolina. Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is a client Sam defended prior to the setting of the movie. Cady, who was being tried for the rape and battery of a 16-year-old girl, was illiterate at the time of the trial and was unable to read a report Sam kept hidden from him and the court that could have lightened his sentence or acquitted him.
Now a well-read, recently-released ex-convict, Cady stalks Bowden and plans to seek vengeance for his imprisonment. The movie's climax has the two men engaging in a showdown during a severe thunderstorm on Cape Fear.
Mitchum, Peck, and Balsam all starred in the 1962 original but in different roles for the 1991 version. In the original, Mitchum was Cady and Peck was Bowden.
Although a remake of the original Cape Fear, Scorsese's update is also greatly influenced by another Mitchum film, The Night of the Hunter (1955), and the work of Alfred Hitchcock (signaled by the opening credits by regular Hitchcock collaborator Saul Bass and its score by another, Bernard Herrmann).

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[Epoch03]

Absolutely awesome

[Soundtrackcollector]

Thanks Dave.

[devilknowsyou]

Was searching for this awesome theme and stumbled across this vid.

Very nice editing job, pal.

As much as I love the original (hey, can't go wrong with Peck and Mitchum, right?) I actually prefer the remake.

The depth of the characters, their interaction with each other and the suspense...IMO Scorsese equalled Hitchcock on this one.

And de Niro? If you never saw Cape Fear, prepare he is an absolute beast in this one!!

[Soundtrackcollector]

Max: "Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church, Granny drank strychnine. I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking."

devilknowsyou - thanks for stopping by and commenting.

[sinbad0910]

Oh yeah! what an ending, I missed this one, thought it was the original, hanging my head in shame...

[Soundtrackcollector]

Scorsese's tribute to the original ...thanks for your support.

[Teixeirapictures]

"come out, come out wherever you are."

this is one great movie and one great video.

[phelps12471]

Nice work man.

[TheRhiannon15]

very nice stuff !

[thelupoistheman1]

@devilknowsyou,

This is one of those remakes where I actually prefer the remake as well. The movie had great character development, the suspense was out of this world, the music is haunting (Elmer Bernstein OWNED), and DeNiro is one of the most psychotic motherfuckers to ever grace the screen.

The original was amazing as well, but this movie sort of got me hooked into more. Scorsese made the movie his own, which was an incredible idea.

[Marcus092788]

@devilknowsyou Hitchcock didn't direct the original, moron...

[tylerf13ful]

de niro plays an amazing psychopath

[tylerf13ful]

starting at 00:38, turn your head around slowly you get the chills

[tylerf13ful]

DAMN, you did an amazing job, this is going on my favorites..

[MrRotkip]

my best part is 2:34