Cat's Eye (1985)

Director:

Lewis Teague

Writer:

Stephen King (writer)

Release Date:

12 April 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Through the eye of the cat, a twisted tail of macabre suspense from the author of CARRIE, The SHINING and THE DEAD ZONE.

Plot:

A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.

Plot Keywords:

Cat | Ledge | Wilmington North Carolina | Troll | Young Girl

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Drew Barrymore	...	Our Girl / Amanda
James Woods	...	Dick Morrison
Alan King	...	Dr. Vinny Donatti
Kenneth McMillan	...	Cressner
Robert Hays	...	Johnny Norris
Candy Clark	...	Sally Ann
James Naughton	...	Hugh
Tony Munafo	...	Junk
Court Miller	...	Mr. McCann
Russell Horton	...	Mr. Milquetoast
Patricia Benson	...	Mrs. Milquetoast
Mary D'Arcy	...	Cindy
James Rebhorn	...	Drunk Businessman
Jack Dillon	...	Janitor
Susan Hawes	...	Mrs. McCann
Shelly Burch	...	Jerrilyn
Sal Richards	...	Westlake
Jesse Doran	...	Albert
Patricia Kalember	...	Marcia
Mike Starr	...	Ducky
Charles S. Dutton	...	Dom (as Charles Dutton)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Welker	...	Special Vocal Effects (voice)
Tim Parati	...	Attendant (uncredited)

Directed by
Lewis Teague

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stephen King		writer

Produced by
Dino De Laurentiis	....	producer
Martha De Laurentiis	....	producer (as Martha Schumacher)
Milton Subotsky	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Jack Cardiff

Film Editing by
Scott Conrad

Casting by
Howard Feuer
Jeremy Ritzer

Production Design by
Mentor Huebner
Giorgio Postiglione

Art Direction by
Jeff Ginn		(as Jeffrey Ginn)

Costume Design by
Clifford Capone

Makeup Department
Sandi Duncan	....	makeup artist
Jeff Goodwin	....	makeup artist
Barbara Page	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Juan Carlos Lopez	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kuki López Rodero	....	first assistant director
Scott Maitland	....	first assistant director: second unit
Bruce Moriarty	....	second assistant director
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	second unit director
Ian Woolf	....	dga trainee

Art Department
Ángel Arriola	....	model maker
Michael Bush	....	scenic artist
E.C. Chen	....	set designer
Michael J. Hall	....	carpenter
Mentor Huebner	....	storyboard artist
Edward 'Tantar' LeViseur	....	property master (as Edward LeViseur)
James F. Oñate	....	painter
Carlo Postiglione	....	props
Jeffrey Schlatter	....	construction manager (as Jeffrey P. Schlatter)
Jacinto Soria	....	model maker
Robert Testerman	....	scenic artist
Kirk R. Thatcher	....	storyboard artist (as Kirk Thatcher)
Mentor Huebner	....	primary production illustrator and conceptual artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mary Jo Devenney	....	boom operator
J. Paul Huntsman	....	adr supervisor
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert J. Litt	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Robert Litt)
Robert R. Rutledge	....	supervising sound editor
Rod Schumacher	....	cable person
Don Summer	....	sound mixer
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jay Wilkinson	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects assistant
Jeff Jarvis	....	special effects coordinator
Frank Schepler	....	creature operator
Paolo Scipione	....	creature operator
Steven Willis	....	creature operator

Visual Effects by
Barry Nolan	....	special visual effects
Emilio Ruiz del Río	....	foreground models (as Emilio G. Ruiz)

Stunts
Jimmy Briscoe	....	stunts
Cindy Folkerson	....	stunts
Larry Holt	....	stunts
Julius LeFlore	....	stunts
Fred Lerner	....	stunts
Bobby Porter	....	stunts
Jeff Ramsey	....	stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Danny Rogers	....	stunts (as Danny Rodgers)
Rod Schumacher	....	stunts
Victoria Vanderkloot	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Neil Binney	....	camera operator
John Ferguson	....	gaffer: second unit
Jim Cody Harrington	....	grip
Frank Heeney	....	gaffer
John Holden	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jeff 'Moose' Howery	....	dolly grip (as Jeff Howery)
Bobby Huber	....	best boy (as Bob Huber)
Larry D. Jones	....	grip
Roger McDonald	....	focus puller
Christopher Ott	....	camera apprentice
Paul Ryan	....	additional photographer: second unit
John Sheeren	....	second assistant camera
Jürgen Vollmer	....	still photographer
Ralph Watson	....	first assistant camera: second unit
David Zimmerman	....	key grip

Casting Department
Craig Fincannon	....	additional casting
Mark Fincannon	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jayme Bednarczyk	....	assistant costume designer (as Jayme A. Bednarczyk)

Editorial Department
Anne Couk	....	first assistant editor
David Mann	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Joan Biel	....	supervising music editor
Gilbert Marouani	....	music consultant
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer (as Dennis Sands)

Transportation Department
Lee Siler	....	transportation captain (as William Lee Siler)

Other crew
John M. Eckert	....	production executive
Chip Hackler	....	production assistant
Suzanne Lore	....	production coordinator
Karl Lewis Miller	....	animal action
Carlo Rambaldi	....	creatures
Sharron Reynolds	....	script supervisor
Michael W. Stroud	....	location manager (as Michael Stroud)
Ward Welton	....	painting supervisor
Steven Zeller	....	unit publicist

Production Companies

• Dino De Laurentiis Company
• Famous Films (II)

Distributors

• Adams Filmi (1985) (Finland) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Entertainment Company (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cannon Screen Entertainment (1987) (West Germany) (VHS)
• Fox Video (USA) (VHS)
• Fox Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Key Video (video)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1993) (Finland) (TV)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Showtime (????) (Finland) (video)

Special Effects

• Van der Veer Photo Effects (optical effects)

Other Companies

• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Cat's Eye

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Trivia:

The Stephen King short story "Sometimes They Come Back" (1991) was originally planned to be adapted as a segment in this movie, but Dino De Laurentiis felt the story was strong enough to have its own movie.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Norris shoots the gun at Cressner, the gun makes a very loud sound, even though it has a silencer.

Quotes:

Richard 'Dick' Morrison: [after being offered a cigarette at a party] Why don't you shove them up your ass, Hal?
Drunk businessman: What? Lit?

Movie Connections:

Features The Dead Zone (1983)

Soundtrack:

96 Tears

An underrated Stephen King film that's in homage to "The Twilight Zone"

Stephen King adapted two of his short stories and wrote the third into this screenplay of suspense. The first story concerns a man (James Woods) trying to quit smoking by signing up for a clinic. That clinic just happens to be run by the mafia and they literally mean quit smoking with a seriously tough employee (Alan King) behind it. Even if it means tampering with your family's lives. The second concerns an again tennis pro (Robert Hays) who takes on the game of his life after having an affair with a mobster who is a gambling addict. The third follows a cat trying to protect a little girl whose being terrorised by a little demon jester. The suspense is good. Alan King is very good as the seriously tough employee and Woods is always good.

The second is very good with a surprising twist at the end and the third is a take on of old fairy tales where good triumphs over evil.