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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
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Release Date:
20 March 1981 (USA)
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You Will Feel The Heat. more
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The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: September 1, 2009
(From Rope Of Silicon. 1 September 2009, 2:08 AM, PDT)
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(From Fangoria. 29 August 2009, 11:06 PM, PDT)
(From Rope Of Silicon. 1 September 2009, 2:08 AM, PDT)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 9/01/2009
(From Fangoria. 29 August 2009, 11:06 PM, PDT)
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Postman is right, the second time around
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Nicholson | ... | Frank Chambers |
 | Jessica Lange | ... | Cora Papadakis |
 | John Colicos | ... | Nick Papadakis |
 | Michael Lerner | ... | Mr. Katz |
| John P. Ryan | ... | Kennedy |
 | Anjelica Huston | ... | Madge |
| William Traylor | ... | Sackett |
| Thomas Hill | ... | Barlow (as Tom Hill) |
 | Jon Van Ness | ... | Motorcycle Cop |
| Brian Farrell | ... | Mortenson |
| Raleigh Bond | ... | Insurance Salesman |
| William Newman | ... | Man from Home Town |
| Albert Henderson | ... | Art Beeman |
| Ken Magee | ... | Scoutmaster |
| Eugene Peterson | ... | Doctor |
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Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt (West Germany)
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122 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-16 (1988) |
Finland:K-18 (1981) |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
West Germany:18 (original rating) |
Portugal:M/16 |
France:-12 |
Norway:15 |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16 |
Australia:R
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Meryl Streep rejected the part of Cora.
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Crew or equipment visible: When the car goes down the hill the first time, the passenger door comes open and a person can be seen exiting the car through it (1:03:48).
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Referenced in Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007) (V)
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Twice is nice. Hollywood had to try twice to get this story right. Lana Turner was beautiful in the 1946 version, but Jessica Lange was something to kill for opposite Jack Nicholson.
Such raw sensuality would easily persuade a man to lose his very soul. Nicholson's part is certainly unscrupulous to begin with, but in Jessica Lange he finds a confederate with even less scruples. The legal loose ends that dangled in the earlier version are avoided this time with a more plausible chain of events... and the story ends when the story ought to end, instead of being dragged on.
Wonderful character and situation development, intriguing and engaging, even when you know the story. Nice twists of the story from the Lana Turner and Italian ("Ossessione" 1943) versions.