![]() ![]() Lula’s witch-like mom Marietta Fortune (Diane Ladd, Dern’s real mom) disapproves of the romance, and Sailor decides to break parole and go with Lula by car to start over in California. After serving his sentence, Sailor returns to court his now 20-year-old screwed-up girlfriend Lula Pace Fortune (Laura Dern), who was sexually abused as a child by her family’s business associate (Marvin Kaplan). It opens with Elvis-imitator Sailor Ripley ( Nicolas Cage) confronted by a black guy with a knife ( Gregg Dandridge) in a dance hall in Cape Fear, an island located between North and South Carolina, who threatens to kill him on orders from his girlfriend’s deranged mom, but instead Sailor brutally kills the attacker by slamming his head against the wall and receives a 2-year jail sentence for manslaughter. It’s based on the novel by Barry Gifford. Director David Lynch (“Eraserhead”/”Blue Velvet”/”The Elephant Man”) seduces us with his bumpy car ride across the heart of the dark Southern American pop culture scene. This perverse and over-the top violent road movie, which features multiple double-crosses and should be perceived as a wicked comedy, was the winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. “Should be perceived as a wicked comedy.” ![]() Freeman (Marcello Santos), Marvin Kaplan ( Uncle Pooch), Freddie Jones ( George Kovich), David Patrick Kelly (Dropshadow), Sherilyn Fenn (Julie Day), Jack Nance (Bozie Spool), John Lurie (Sparky) Runtime: 124 MPAA Rating: R producers: Steve Golin/Monty Montgomery/ Joni Sighvatsson MGM 1990) Reindeer), Crispin Glover (“Jingle” Dell), Gregg Dandridge (Boy Ray Lemon), Grace Zabriskie (Juana), J. (director/writer: David Lynch screenwriter: from the novel by Barry Gifford cinematographer: Frederick Elmes editor: Duwayne Dunham music: Angelo Badalamenti cast: Nicolas Cage ( Sailor Ripley), Laura Dern ( Lula Pace Fortune), Diane Ladd ( Marietta Fortune), Willem Dafoe ( Bobby Peru), Harry Dean Stanton ( Johnnie Farragut), Isabella Rossellini ( Perdita Durango), W. ![]()
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