- Actors: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, John P. Ryan
- Directors: Bob Rafelson
- Language English
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Warner
- VHS Release Date: 31 Mar 2000
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CWC2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,434 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
In The Postman Always Rings Twice, Jack Nicholson teamed up again with his Five Easy Pieces and King of Marvin Gardens director Bob Rafelson for this 1981 version of James M. Cain's hardboiled novel of lust and murder. This version takes a much grittier (and sexually explicit) approach to the material than the slick 1946 MGM version starring John Garfield and Lana Turner. Nicholson plays Frank Chambers, a drifter who happens upon a roadside diner run by Cora Papadakis (Jessica Lange) and her swarthy Greek husband, Nick (John Colicos). Sparks fly, and before you can say l'amour fou, Frank and Cora are making the beast with two backs on the kitchen table. One thing leads to another and they conspire to murder Nick. The movie is still a little too cold and distant to fully convey a hot-blooded passion that leads to murder, but it is a strangely haunting and disturbing film nevertheless. The screenplay is by David Mamet, the photography is by the great Sven Nykvist (Ingmar Bergman's cinematographer), and watch for Anjelica Huston in a supporting role. --Jim Emerson
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Format:DVD
... the delightful talents of Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange make this an essential own, so why is not available on Region 2?
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Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lang exude sexuality and light up the screen, brilliant portrayal of the frustrated wife and the chancer bum Nicholson
Its not what they say, its what they don't say that adds the chemistry to this film
Its not what they say, its what they don't say that adds the chemistry to this film
8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
At the time of its release this film attracted considerable notoriety for its explicit sex-on-the-kitchen table scene. Apart from that, this is a pretty unmemorable film, although it's hard to fault the performances of either Jack Nicholson or Jessica Lange. You could put it down to a lack of 'chemistry' between the two stars, but in my opinion it's simply that a story such as this deserves to be told in moody black-and-white.
In the early 1980's there was a minor Hollywood craze for remaking classic 'film noir' movies from the late 1940's. This film (like 'Cat People', whch came out at about the same time) was not a bad film, but its main achievement was to remind everyone how good the original film was.
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Modern take - old idea
This is one of the great Jack Nicholson's lesser known movies - at least in the UK. Which might explain why it's not available in this country on DVD. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2010 by Christopher Vowles
The more I watch this film the more I'm compelled to admire it.
This is not the sort of film I like to watch and the first time I saw it it left a bad taste in my mouth and even made me bad-tempered. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2008 by Basiledes
Underwhelming
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1981) serves as a cautionary lesson to anyone who's considering renting or buying a film on the strength of its starring leads, and then proceeds to... Read more
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