Cat People (1982) [R]

Release Date:
April 2, 1982

Original Title:
Cat People

Alternate Titles:
El beso de la pantera
Αγριόγατα
豹女
豹妹

Genres:
Horror | Thriller

Production Companies:
Charles Fries Productions
RKO Pictures LLC
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: 12  GB: 18  IE: 18  NL: 16  PT: M/18  US: R 

Runtime: 118

They are something more than lovers who are about to become something less than human.

After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.

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Art Direction:
Edward Richardson

Assistant Art Director:
Jack G. Taylor Jr.

Assistant Camera:
William D. Barber
Ann Lukacs

Assistant Editor:
Craig Bassett

Assistant Property Master:
H. John Ramos
Mike Rutgard

Associate Editor:
Ross Albert

Best Boy Electric:
Ed Cooper

Best Boy Grip:
Doug Cook

Cableman:
Jim Stuebe

Camera Operator:
Joseph F. Valentine
Steve Yaconelli
Lito White

Carpenter:
Jeff Passanante

Casting:
Mary Goldberg

Casting Assistant:
Tina Scott
David Rubin

Color Timer:
Jack Garsha

Construction Coordinator:
Clarence Lynn Price

Construction Foreman:
Peter Ivy

Costume Design:
Daniel Paredes

Costume Supervisor:
Sandy Berke Jordan
Robert Chase
Hugo Peña

Creature Design:
Ellis Burman Jr.
Bob Williams
Allen Hall

Dialogue Editor:
Norman B. Schwartz
Hank Salerno

Director:
Paul Schrader

Director of Photography:
John Bailey

Dolly Grip:
Dennis Rotta

Editor:
Jacqueline Cambas
Jere Huggins
Ned Humphreys

Electrician:
Michael W. Blymyer
Jeffrey W. Petersen
Richard Kamins
Michael Orefice

Executive Consultant:
Wilbur Stark

Executive Producer:
Jerry Bruckheimer
Max Rosenberg

Extras Casting:
Sharon Benson
Irene Terrell

First Assistant Camera:
Richard Walden

First Assistant Director:
Michael Grillo

Gaffer:
Ronald W. McLeish

Grip:
Wes Tansey
Bill Venegas

Hairstylist:
Janice D. Brandow

Key Grip:
Clyde Hart

Leadman:
Daniel Loren May

Local Casting:
Rick Landry

Location Manager:
Todd Pavlin
Renee Perrin
Fred Baron

Makeup Artist:
Leonard Engelman

Makeup Effects:
Lance Anderson
Bari Dreiband-Burman
Edouard F. Henriques
Tom Hoerber
Mike Menzel

Makeup Effects Designer:
Thomas R. Burman

Matte Painter:
Syd Dutton

Music Editor:
Bob Badami

Negative Cutter:
Donah Bassett

Orchestrator:
Sylvester Levay

Original Music Composer:
Giorgio Moroder

Painter:
Kirk D. Hansen
Bob Shaw

Producer:
Charles W. Fries

Production Design:
Ferdinando Scarfiotti

Production Secretary:
Joan Merlo

Property Master:
Vic Petrotta Jr.

Propmaker:
James Sircy
John Goss
Tim James
Ray Rarick

Screenplay:
Alan Ormsby
Paul Schrader

Script Supervisor:
Luca Kouimelis

Second Assistant Camera:
Joel Kirschner

Second Assistant Director:
Stephen P. Dunn

Second Unit Director:
Bud S. Smith

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Jeffrey L. Kimball
Paul Vombrack

Set Costumer:
Hugo Peña

Set Decoration:
Bruce Weintraub

Set Designer:
Larry Clark Bird
Lauren Cory
Erin M. Cummins
Jeannine Oppewall
Nancy Patton
Nick Navarro

Sound:
James E. Webb
Chris McLaughlin

Sound Editor:
Larry Carow
Louis L. Edemann
Richard C. Franklin

Sound Effects:
Jack Manning
Ron Nagle
Scott Mathews

Sound Engineer:
David W. Gray

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Robert L. Hoyt
Stanley H. Polinsky
John J. Stephens

Special Effects:
Tom Del Genio
Pat Domenico
Karl G. Miller

Still Photographer:
John R. Shannon

Story:
DeWitt Bodeen

Stunt Coordinator:
Walter Scott

Stunts:
Mark Dumas
Beth Nufer
Vince Deadrick Jr.
Brad Bovee
Bennie E. Dobbins
Ron Oxley
Madeline Klein
Mike Tillman
Angeline Brown

Supervising Film Editor:
Bud S. Smith

Supervising Sound Editor:
Charles L. Campbell

Swing:
Casey Hallenbeck
Lee Ezzes

Theme Song Performance:
David Bowie

Title Designer:
Arnold Goodwin

Transportation Captain:
Steve Hellerstein
Russ Buckens
Jack Daniels

Unit Production Manager:
Tom Jacobson
Bill Badalato

Visual Effects:
Albert Whitlock
Robert Blalack

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