Cape Fear (1991) Horror Edit

A commitment to an eight by nine cell

A companion for that long walk to the light.

A company that you can trust.

A few minutes alone with me, darling,

A life of debauchery.

A piano wire is missing.

A preemptive nuclear strike.

A television appearance for his campaign. (MAX LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY)

A threat?

A threat? Yeah.

A very personal interest in his kids.

A what?

A wife, a daughter.

A woman.

A.38 snub nosed special. Yeah. All right. Good.

About moving back to Connecticut?

About next fall's chorus program.

According to the Georgia penal code.

Acting? Yeah.

Actually the rat stood me up today.

Actually, it reminds me of a joke.

After I went inside, her mama told her I was dead,

After you left, I had this interesting conversation

Against the wall.

Aggravated ****s. You were a menace!

Ah. Attempted B and E.

All right, all right, all right.

All right, come on, Lieutenant.

All right, fine. Thank you.

All right, good. Great, great.

All right, I'll get you a gun.

All right, Leigh. What is it I don't get?

All right, well, that's good, actually,

All right? All right. I'll be in my office.

All right? No. Do you understand?

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right. All right.

All right. Bye bye.

All right. Great. The first lesson is this.

All right. Hang on a second. Hang on a second.

All right. Here's the deal.

All right. How much do you want, Mr. Cady?

All right. Knock off the shoes.

All right. Let's put the arms out.

All right. Then we'll be on for tomorrow night.

All right. What are you implying?

All that prison time made me coarse.

All this time, he actually liked me.

All those discoveries ahead of them.

All those years, locked up in jail.

Almost like a cop out, if you ask me.

Already read them.

Also I believe that he's able to slip

Although those were the facts of Wolfe's life.

Although writers do find new freedom when they relocate abroad.

Although, is he out? I can't tell.

Am I busted?

An investigator did prepare a prior

An unmarried woman, she meets a guy

An unmarried woman...

And an arrow.

And be yourself, be a woman.

And by last night, I was feeling pretty reckless.

And did you show this report to the D. A?

And do God knows what to it.

And don't mind me if I tell you everything

And for myself,

And get lost in any inlet.

And God tested his faith.

And he tells her he just got out of prison.

And he was always bitching and moaning about it.

And he's been harassing my family, but he's clever.

And how much I had to drink and what I was wearing.

And how you must have felt in those moments that you did them.

And I don't want to smell you. Now, leave.

And I felt like I was going to show you.

And I find you guilty, Counselor,

And I have not been.

And I know it doesn't compare to jail,

And I thought a lot.

And I...

And I'm going to outlast you.

And I'm not doing it! Now, excuse me.

And if I don't get in touch with him, we could lose this case.

And if you don't get out of here,

And if you don't get out of here,

And if you see him again, call the cops and then call me.

And it came back that she was promiscuous.

And it cancels all promises and obligations.

And it was almost like a pilgrimage.

And it would 'cause a rift.

And it's come back and it's bit me on the ass in a major way.

And it's gonna dawn on you

And me, I hardly dream about him anymore.

And my Dad said I couldn't drive the Cherokee.

And my Mom cried

And nothing but the truth, so help you, God?

And now you're going to be forced to make a commitment.

And press charges and testify.

And put some clothes on.

And real life would come crashing in.

And remember, Danielle,

And Sam, you'll feel good about this.

And so when they came to arrest us,

And that's got me frightened to death.

And that's what we deal with here.

And the best is what I need right now.

And the farm got sold off. He got the proceeds.

And then Dani came running in,

And then he died.

And then he's going to get the message in no uncertain terms.

And then what? Blow his head off?

And then you didn't call.

And then, all of a sudden, he just stopped.

And then, because she wouldn't testify, you would assume that

And then, in self defense, I could do something to you

And then...

And they live together for a long time, you know...

And tie it to Dani's Teddy bear here.

And we have to attempt something in the same style.

And what? You're fucking her?

And which one wears a gun under his robe and...

And with the power vested in me by the kingdom of God,

And you know what? You're not happy.

And you resent that,

And you should resent it.

And you will be speaking in tongues.

And you're gonna find the piano wire that Cady used in the house.

And you're planning my comings and goings,

And you're, let me guess.

And...

Another time, another place, and who knows, you know?

Any people coming for you, Cady?

Anybody else know about this?

Anytime you feel squirrelly, you just jump.

Anyway, I had a report on this victim

Applied several times for an appeal.

Are we moving?

Are you offering me something hot?

Are you the Drama teacher?

Are you?

As a case of yellow fever.

As far as this girl goes, Lori, she's just a kid.

Ask her to hold. I got to make a quick call.

At least three! At least three!

At least till I've started a few things,

At the public library reading Thus Spake Zarathustra

Atlanta, '77. You got it. July.

Attacks my wife and child?

Back at the house.

Barbaric.

Because

Because

Because he knew that she wouldn't testify,

Because he's perjuring himself, Your Honor.

Because I ain't your porch baby, buddy.

Because I had to sneak it off my parents' shelf, you know?

Because I know he brutally ****d her and he beat her.

Because I like to plan my comings and goings with friends.

Because I'm just one hell of an animal.

Because if you hang onto the past, you die a little every day.

Because now we can work together.

Because of that, whatever it is that you've got planned,

Because she knows the system.

Because that's what we decided to do!

Because today I let you win.

Because we have this connection.

Because what he did to me hurt a lot worse than this!

Because you asked me to go.

Ben: Dad! Dad, I've got to talk to you.

Ben: Okay, then I quit as your son.

Benjamin! Yes.

Besides, Dani's got summer school till Labor Day.

Besides, maybe this Drama teacher from the college

Best case scenario, you kill Cady dog dead.

Best I remember, they was just doing right by their jobs.

Between us, there's no anger, nothing.

Between you and Max Cady.

Between you and the girl and Cady...

BIG Ben: Oh, what the hell are you doing here?

Big, friendly, shaggy, asleep at your feet,

Bless your heart.

Blush?

Both of you take off your clothes!

Both the heights and the depths

Boy, the South.

Brave, too.

But back in '77, you buried it, Counselor.

But he might be back, for all I know, tomorrow morning, and I...

But he won't show unless he's real sure you're not gonna be there.

But he's still the best criminal lawyer in the state.

But his descriptions are pretty vivid, I would say.

But I can understand and I could share this with you.

But I don't see how he could know that.

But I guess the only way we're going to find that out

But I think he was...

But I would like you to wait in the hold.

But I'd rather Dani didn't wander out alone

But I'm not fucking her in any way.

But if he's unemployed, he got to have money

But if some lone creep out there targets you for some obscure reason,

But if you had seen what this guy had done to this girl...

But if you're not my friend,

But in the interest of Christian harmony.

But in the law, there's a thing called force majeure.

But in the plan that I have formulated,

But it'd be nice.

But it's going to get awful expensive, Sam.

But it's not your problem anymore?

But look, I need this injunction.

But now this has gone far enough. It's got to stop!

But Professor do right has a little advice for you.

But she's scared and she won't talk about it.

But that's all right

But that's okay. I want you to savor that fear.

But the parole board, they kept him in for another seven years.

But then it hits me, I love New Essex, Counselor.

But there it was in the court file.

But there's been some complications.

But they say the average man

But they're not committed to each other.

But wait a minute, Lee. Now, look, this man is a psychotic.

But we don't know if he saw us,

But what the hey?

But you don't wanna go with less than three.

But you gotta stay sober.

But you know now that I see you,

But you shafted him somehow, right? (LAUGHS)

But you wouldn't know about that, would you?

But you're required to be there. Yeah.

But your Daddy, he don't.

But your parents, they judged you.

But, anyway, I thank you and my daughter thanks you.

But, I mean, if you had seen what he did to this girl...

But, see, then the other aspect is stability,

But, you see, there's not a whole hell of a lot

By Friedrich Nietzsche, he's this German philosopher.

Bye, Dad. Bye, Dani.

Cady came into your house?

Cady isn't expected there, is he?

CADY ON TAPE: Could you repeat that?

Cady ****d another girl.

Cady, it was 14 years ago. I can't remember that.

Cady, listen to me. This is between

Cady, shut up and listen.

Cady, somebody's got to man the boat.

CADY: Afternoon, Counselor.

CADY: Come on! Git! Git!

CADY: You said it, boy. (LAUGHS)

Cady's an opportunist.

Call Lee Heller.

Call us tonight, okay?

Calling from our bedroom phone.

Can you please quote for me the American Bar Association's.

Can't sleep, huh, Miss Graciela?

Cecile James?

Check out the Bible, Counselor,

Chopped her up into 52 pieces.

Come on out, babe. Come on, darling. Let's go.

Come on, get the joke straight, darling.

Come on, hurry up.

Come on, Leigh, get the dog off. Ben, get down.

Come on, let's move our seats.

Come on, son...

Come on.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Comes across a dog without a license,

Confessing all our dirty little secrets

Consider it done, the sooner the better.

Could I ask you something? What?

Could it be you don't remember me?

Could you be there?

Could you repeat that?

Counselor?

Counselor?

Counselor?

Counselor?

Dad, could you...

Dad, he didn't force himself on me, you know.

Dad, you should have just punched him out.

Dad?

Damn, it's premeditated. It's...

Dani is right downstairs.

Dani, come on.

Dani, Dani, go back to your room. Go back to your room.

Dani, don't look. Don't look, Dani.

Dani, when did this key stop working?

Dani, wipe that smile off your face!

Dani!

Dani! Danielle: What?

Dani? Dani?

Dani. No, Leigh, that's all right.

Dani... Sam, watch out for the windows.

Danielle, Danielle, get in the hold.

Danielle, get down on your knees.

Danielle, I told you, you can't escape

Danielle: Hello?

Danielle: It's hideous, this plan. I mean, barbaric.

Danielle: No!

Danielle: Oh, my God!

Danielle: Okay, movement, stability,

Danielle: What's that mean?

Danielle: Who was that? Our private eye.

Danielle: Yeah. Good. Good.

Danielle!

Danielle. Oh, we spoke last night.

Debauchery. It's a three syllable word. Yeah.

Did he batter a man? Did he batter a woman? What?

Did he touch you?

Did he?

Did you forget about that restraining order, Counselor?

Did you know that after I discharged you,

Did you?

Didn't Cady go after her?

Didn't give you the right to **** her!

Digging up the past.

Dirty Harry? Perry Mason?

Do I...

Do right all day woman.

Do that again.

Do that again.

Do whatever you want.

Do you have a daughter around sixteen?

Do you mind if I put my arm around you?

Do you notice these young people?

Do you remember crying every goddamn morning, afternoon, every evening?

Do you remember not taking any work for three months?

Do you remember that?

Do you remember that? You remember not fixing any meals?

Do you swear to tell the truth

Do you swear? I'll do it, Dad.

Do you want to hear it? Tell me.

Doing... Doing what? We're not doing anything.

Don't come out here!

Don't judge them. Just forgive them,

Don't look over! Don't look.

Don't stay outside.

Don't think of it as shooting a man or trying to kill him.

Don't we?

Don't you?

Down on your knees now!

Down on your knees!

Drama.

Eases inhibitions. You down here for Drama?

ELGART: Cady's savings account.

ELGART: Look.

ELGART: Well, at the very least, we nail him for the dog.

Even a six foot palmetto bug?

Even his children.

Even without closing my eyes, I can picture him,

Evening, ladies.

Evening, ladies. Oh, chicken.

Every man carries a circle of hell around his head like a halo.

Every man, every man has to go through hell to reach his paradise.

Excuse me, Mrs. B.

Excuse me.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Fear of the Indian, fear of the slave, fear of the damn Union.

Fear, I suppose, that to remember his name or what he did

Feuds, vendettas or vigilantism.

Fifteen years to life. Do you realize that, Counselor?

Fine.

Fine.

First, Spot Goes to the Farm,

Fluffy?

Follow him for about a week and write you up a risk assessment.

For a crime that's not even a crime, for smoking grass.

For being held down and sodomized by four white guys

For the results of his numerous X rays.

For they know not what they do.

Fourteen years ago, I was forced to make

Fourteen years since I held a set of keys.

Fourteen years times 365 days is about...

Fourteen years.

Free as a bird, apparently.

From Broadbent and Denmeyer.

From English or Drama?

Fuck it!

Fuck it.

Gains a pound a year till he's about 60.

Gains a pound a year till he's about...

Gee golly gosh. I sure am sorry I offended you,

Get down, Sam.

Get down. So where's he from?

Get out of here! Get out of here!

Get out. Get up here.

Get the shirt off.

Get you on this side, doll. Let's do this.

Girls, girls, come on, let's sit inside.

Give me your hand!

Go ahead, Mr. Cady, take a good look.

Go with it. Don't suppress or deny it.

Go! Go!

God is dead. Right.

God only knows.

God, he might be out here! He might be out here!

God, you know, Lori, you know why you have to ask that question?

Goddamn fools.

Goddamn you! You son of a bitch!

Good bye, Junior!

Good.

Good. 'Cause if you're not better than me,

Good. Bonnie, get me Lee Heller.

Good. Good. I mean, you know, anything I can do.

Gotta git.

Graciela has a brother.

Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church.

Granny drank strychnine.

Great.

Great. I'll call your son in law's lawyer,

Greeting my summer students.

GUARD: Okay, Cady, the moment you've been waiting for.

Guess I'm covered in too many tattoos, huh?

Guilty of abrogating your oath,

Guilty of betraying your country,

Guilty of betraying your fellow man,

Guilty of judging me and selling me out!

Hand it to me.

Hand them to the other officer.

Have a good trip.

Have you been following me?

He came at my daughter at school.

He can be killed.

He describes an erection as a piece of lead with wings on it.

He doesn't know you're here.

He doesn't mind me at all.

He doesn't want to go right back. All right?

He had this kind of...

He hated Cady's cigar smoke

He hurt you like this, that married guy?

He hurt you like this?

He hurt you like this?

He is a hostile witness.

He just died, before the vet even got here.

He knows damn well exactly what it said.

He liked me.

He looked like he was going to enjoy...

He passed away.

He ****d a 16 year old girl.

He said that God is dead.

He said we're fugitives.

He said, "I'm gonna make you think about loss."

He says to me, "You're gonna learn about loss."

He took away everything he had,

He was already in the house.

He was an obstinate S. O.B. Right.

He was Fluffy, and...

He was looking to be covered.

He was the first.

He was, I swear.

He what?

He what?

He won't be so scary after that.

He won't take it away from me.

He'll be back the day after tomorrow, sir.

He'll feel about as welcome around here

He's a rough one.

He's been harassing my family.

He's either out or he's in. I'm not sure.

He's gone.

He's just trying to bug us, just messing around.

He's liable to think he's a stray

He's not gonna do anything. He just got out of prison.

He's staring at you.

Heller: (ON PHONE) We froze our butts together in Korea.

Heller: You need only glance at my client to know

Hello.

Here and now, we have an opportunity.

Here you go.

Here's Daddy!

Hey, Dani, it's so quiet out here, and the light's so perfect,

Hey.

Hey. Cady, come here.

Hi, Lori, it's me, Sam.

Hi.

Hi. How are you?

His eyes just wide open, and this kind of

His name's Max Cady. You already told me.

Hmm?

Hmm?

Honey. Honey. Honey.

Hope you enjoyed your breakfast.

Hot as a firecracker on the 4th of July.

How about $10,000 in cash?

How can he answer when you're hitting him like that?

How can I be happy, Leigh, when you're not happy?

How can I help you, Sam?

How did they link that to you?

How is everything? Is everything okay?

How much do I want what?

How much money do you want?

How to fall on the floor?

How's this feel?

I acted as my own attorney?

I ain't no white trash piece of shit.

I always thought that for such a lovely river,

I am bound for the promised land

I am so offended by the philistine tactics of Mr. Bowden,

I believe in the Sixth Amendment.

I buried it.

I called the vet.

I can ask leading questions, Your Honor.

I can be there in a half hour.

I can find him.

I can out learn you.

I can out read you.

I can outthink you, and I can out philosophize you.

I can't bust someone for planning to **** your wife.

I can't operate outside the law. The law is my business.

I could get upset. Things could get out of hand.

I could take you. Careful.

I could teach earthquake preparedness.

I did.

I did. I filed one this morning. The hearing's in 10 days.

I didn't even know anything about that.

I didn't let him out!

I didn't let him out! Stop!

I didn't miss the 9:20 to Raleigh?

I didn't read that part.

I didn't show it to the prosecution.

I didn't think summer session was gonna be so crowded.

I didn't.

I don't care what you did. What did he do?

I don't give a rat's ass about your rights.

I don't hate him at all. Oh, no. I pray for him.

I don't know if I can live with that.

I don't know what I was thinking.

I don't know what kind of poison.

I don't know what.

I don't know whether to look at him or read him.

I don't know, but...

I don't know.

I don't know. He was just...

I don't mean his biography.

I don't mean just this whole town,

I don't think you did your homework.

I don't think you really, really understand

I don't want three new guys. No more guys, you hear me?

I don't want to explain why I was in a bar

I don't want to make it sound like

I don't want to see you, I don't want to hear you

I doubt it.

I feel the same way.

I felt totally relaxed.

I give you a gun. You pull it on Cady,

I got the bank, I got the account number.

I guess I could send it to him overnight,

I guess I really showed you.

I guess I showed you, all right, didn't I?

I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking.

I guess, we're gonna run into each other. (STARTS ENGINE)

I hacked my wife into 52 pieces.

I had hoped we could read aloud from it together.

I had no business getting stuck on a guy who was married.

I hardly know anything about the man.

I have to go downstairs for Drama. Bye.

I hope and pray you will do the same, sir.

I just found it.

I just got released from prison.

I just had the weirdest feeling

I just have some very, very important papers for Samuel Bowden.

I just know that he did it somehow.

I just think it's probably the best thing.

I keep feeling that there is some animal out there stalking us.

I knew you'd follow me here and...

I know about losing time, even losing years.

I know how the dog died.

I know how to handle a gun.

I know I'd rather live.

I know the Sixth Amendment.

I know what I see, ma'am.

I know you'd like to think that he did.

I know.

I know.

I learned from the get go in the joint to get in touch

I learned that in prison. You like?

I learned to read during my stretch.

I like hanging out with you, you know, so sue me.

I like the end

I like... Are you my friend?

I made you blush.

I mean the whole goddamn state.

I mean, cleverly, so that the law can't touch him.

I mean, come on. What can I say?

I mean, did you judge me, did you get angry at me

I mean, get a restraining order.

I mean, he was illiterate.

I mean, he was sitting on a wall that bounds our property.

I mean, I didn't show it to the client,

I mean, I had to read everything to him,

I mean, I understand your problem, but, I mean, why me?

I mean, if it was your own daughter, Tom.

I mean, last night, there he was, he was behind our house.

I mean, marijuana, what's marijuana?

I mean, she had...

I mean, she works in it.

I mean, shit happens, you know, like the T shirt says.

I mean, taking a man's life.

I mean, that's just so commonplace and dreary.

I mean, that's why I left the Public Defender's Office.

I mean, the law considers me

I mean, the relevant issue here

I mean, the sheriff assured me

I mean, this guy is totally in charge.

I mean, we all make mistakes, Danielle.

I mean, well, who did he batter?

I mean, what better place for drama, right?

I mean, what did you call them?

I mean, where else could I just casually confer

I mean, why can't anybody do anything for me?

I mean, why did you bother?

I mean, why not badger the D.A. Or the judge?

I mean, why'd they have to make such a stink,

I mean, you could've gotten life, you could've done death.

I mean, you know when you gravitate to people

I memorized some for you.

I need a gun. I want a gun.

I need to find a motif that's about movement.

I never had them around the house or anything.

I only discovered it by chance when I started representing myself

I petitioned the A. B.A. For his disbarment

I probably don't.

I really don't remember.

I said,

I saw him when the fireworks went off.

I say about 5,000 days.

I scared you, huh?

I see you're a nice person. That's all.

I see. Anything I can do?

I sentence you to the 9th circle of Hell!

I spent 14 years in an eight by nine cell

I swear to tell the truth. What do you wanna know?

I think he wants to hurt us in the worst way

I think he was just trying to make a connection with me.

I think I talked to him this afternoon. You know him?

I think it was battery.

I think that this guy beat and ****d her

I think this whole thing has...

I think we might could have a little break here.

I thought about what you said, you know,

I thought I was the love of your life.

I thought that maybe I could go back to school.

I thought we were relaxed now.

I thought you might need it back.

I told you why.

I told you, we never did anything.

I understand. Yeah.

I wanna thank you for conveying to me your very powerful emotions

I want you the hell off my property!

I want you to do it just with me,

I want you to listen to me.

I wanted to in early June.

I wanted to know what you looked like.

I wanted to meet you, see what you're like.

I wanted to once, but I don't know...

I was afraid you were gonna say that.

I was his lawyer, his public defender.

I was just watching the parade.

I was your lawyer. I defended you.

I was.

I wasn't pranking on nobody.

I went to warn Cady. I thought it was the decent thing to do.

I will grant the restraining order

I wonder if you're here.

I would like my keys.

I would say they punished you for their sins,

I wouldn't do that.

I wouldn't make that call, Sam. The way I'd...

I'd call that presumptuous.

I'd like my keys.

I'd like to know just how strong we are or how weak.

I'd still like to kill him.

I'll be outside.

I'll be right here at 4:00 to pick you up.

I'll do a background check on him,

I'll go check the anchor.

I'll know if the holy ghost is sneaking in.

I'm a law officer.

I'm a lawyer, right?

I'm a lawyer, she's a clerk. She looks up to me.

I'm about to go on the air. (COUGHS)

I'm afraid you did, sir. But there's a 10:20.

I'm asking you a question. Did he touch you?

I'm asking you, did he touch you?

I'm better than you all.

I'm drinking a Sea Breeze. I hope you can afford them.

I'm from the black forest.

I'm from the Georgia State Correctional Facility.

I'm glad we talked about this,

I'm going to get this son of a bitch!

I'm going to give this to you.

I'm going to kill you!

I'm going to teach you the meaning of commitment.

I'm gonna enjoy this all the more.

I'm gonna forgive you, Danielle, honey.

I'm gonna slit that son of a bitch!

I'm here for the Drama class.

I'm here to help him.

I'm just losing my mind here.

I'm not asking you to see through walls. That's fine.

I'm not doing nothing.

I'm not going to hurt you at all.

I'm not on fucking trial here!

I'm not on your property.

I'm not your type. No.

I'm really going to miss you, though.

I'm so sorry about this.

I'm so stupid.

I'm sorry, I haven't ordered yet.

I'm sorry, Leigh. I just didn't want to alarm you or Dani.

I'm sorry, Mr. Bowden. I can't continue this conversation.

I'm sorry, Your Honor. I agree. That was argumentative.

I'm sure you do, too.

I'm sure you've been flashed before.

I'm terribly sorry, Lori. I'm just terribly sorry.

I'm thinking of settling right down here in New Essex, Counselor.

I'm Virgil, Counselor, and I'm guiding you through the gates of Hell.

I'm watching him nights. What happened?

I'm...

I've been in a real bad mood lately. Shame, ain't it?

I've been practicing.

I've been through a busload of them.

I've been waiting to see your face,

I've got an English Setter myself,

I've got enough food here to last us a week.

I've got you now, bitch!

I've thought about you all the time.

I've tried to imagine what it must have been like for you

I've tried to imagine you and even your crimes

If all this is something personal

If Cady breaks into your home,

If he thinks you're gonna be out of town for two days,

If he was on that flight and when he's coming back?

If I had any idea that Cady would hurt you

If I stay here, what you going to do?

If I told you, you going to get mad at me?

If Sam wasn't around to run her home?

If she finds a palmetto bug in her bedroom,

If that's what you wanted. Oh, what I wanted?

If the bear moves a quarter of an inch,

If word gets out how Cady bushwhacked those poor bastards,

If you ain't sober, then you're taking your chances.

If you don't get out of here,

If you don't leave my family alone

If you don't leave my family alone

If you don't leave...