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The original is brilliant. Note how Mitchum, with a minimum of

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In Reply to: "Cape Fear" posted by rico on May 31, 2006 at 09:42:25:

fuss, exudes menace. The scene of his with the woman in the hotel is as disturbing as any much more explicit, modern one.
Why Scorscese chose to remake this is a mystery. It is far inferior to the older one.
BTW, Savannah was the setting for the original; I lived in a house behind the park shown in the scenes where Mitchum followed the girl. The at-the-time mayor of Savannah played the bartender.

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Re: The original is brilliant. Note how Mitchum, with a minimum of - AudioHead 05:35:41 06/02/06 (1)
Me and Rico agreed sometime ago that Mitchum's performance came across as more natural vis-a-vis DeNiro's more contrived one. Still, DeNiro's wild performance in that psychopathic role is something of a hoot! BTW, I have many relatives on my Dad's side in Savannah; lived with him and his 'second family' spring-early summer of 1970 in Thunderbolt. Go Victory Drive! ~AH
- Ah, the good ol' days of Savannah. I was there from '77-'91, Tybee - tinear 13:47:34 06/03/06 (0)
  and historic district. Loved the damn place.

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