Cat's Eye

Cat's Eye (1985)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1985-04-12

Country

Netherlands, United States

Production

Dino De Laurentiis Company, International Film Corporation, Famous Films

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Budget

$7 000 000

Revenue

$13 086 298

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Director

Lewis Teague

Actors

Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays, Candy Clark, James Naughton, Tony Munafo, James Rebhorn, Frank Welker
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Scenario

Producer

Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis

Operator

Jack Cardiff

Composer

Alan Silvestri

Artist

Audition

Howard Feuer, Jeremy Ritzer

Editing

Scott Conrad
All team (15)

• The film combines three stories. Two are from the collection "Night Shift" – "Quitters, Inc." and "The Ledge." The third, unifying story, "The General," was written specifically for the film.
• The studio ordered the prologue to be cut from the film, which explained the cat's motives, considering this introduction "too stupid." As a result, many viewers never understood what connected the three stories.
• In the story "The Ledge," Cressner briefly glances at a July 1976 issue of "Penthouse" magazine. It was in this issue that Stephen King's story "The Ledge" was first published.
• Throughout the film, the song "Every Breath You Take" (1983) by The Police can be heard several times. Using the original would have been beyond the budget of the low-budget film, so a cover version was used.
• The scene with the drawbridge was filmed near Highway #421 in Wilmington, North Carolina. A year later, the same bridge appeared in the film "Maximum Overdrive," which Stephen King directed based on his own screenplay.
• The studio ordered the prologue to be cut from the film, which explained the cat's motivations, considering this introduction "too silly." As a result, many viewers never understood what connected the three stories.
• In the "The Ledge" segment, Kressner briefly looks through a July 1976 issue of "Penthouse" magazine. It was in this issue that Stephen King's story "The Ledge" was first published.
• The song "Every Breath You Take" (1983) by The Police is heard several times throughout the film. The filmmakers could not afford to use the original due to the film's low budget, so a cover version was used.
• The scene with the drawbridge was filmed near Highway 421 in Wilmington, North Carolina. A year later, the same bridge appeared in the film "Maximum Overdrive," which Stephen King directed from his own screenplay.