The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

  • Director: Bob Rafelson
  • Writer: David Mamet,James M. Cain
  • Countries of origin: West Germany, United States
  • Language: English, Greek
  • Release date: March 20, 1981
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt
  • "The Postman Always Rings Twice" is a feature film directed by Bob Rafelson and starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange . It was released in the United States on March 20, 1981.
    The film is adapted from James. Kane's novel of the same name tells the story of a homeless man who went to a restaurant beside the road to seek a job, and soon had a heated fight with the proprietress.

    Details

    • Release date March 20, 1981
    • Filming locations Barnsdall Rio Grande Service Station, Goleta, California, USA
    • Production companies CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, Lorimar Film Entertainment, Northstar International

    Box office

    Budget

    $12,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $12,376,625

    Gross worldwide

    $12,376,625

    Movie reviews

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    • By Gabe 2022-03-17 08:01:01

      It seems plain, but it's actually quite meaningful

      After watching the movie, I didn't feel a sense of enlightenment, and I didn't know what I wanted to express.
      After thinking about it for a while, I think it is quite meaningful:

      people are complex, and there is no absolute good or bad. The behavior of the characters in the play is sometimes controlled by lust, sometimes by interests, and sometimes it is natural in the face of danger. reaction.

      But the director told us that the karma caused by the bad deeds of good...

    • By Declan 2022-03-17 08:01:01

      What's left of the black? - "The Postman Always Rings the Doorbell Twice"


            The 1981 version of The Postman Always Rings the Doorbell Twice was a remake of the 1946 film of the same name, but the 1981 version achieved far less artistic success than the 1946 original. The two stories are told in the same way, and the key plots are handled in the same way. Why is there such a big difference? If it is only explained by "one trick fresh", it is difficult to prevaricate the past.

          In all fairness, the 1981 version of "The Postman Always Rings the...

    • By Haylee 2022-03-17 08:01:01

      Twice murder - the postman always rings the bell twice

      Highly focused. A restaurant, a couple, a hired worker. The hired worker has an affair with the boss's wife, Cora, and wants to kill the boss. The first action failed, and the proprietress decided to give up. When the boss recovers, drinks and celebrates all night, the employees and the proprietress act again, and the boss is killed. Cora pleaded guilty to the lawyer, but the lawyer helped them get out of it for $10,000. The hired worker and Cora lived together, and when Cora returned to her...

    • By Casimer 2022-03-17 08:01:01

      Watched this movie for David Mamet.

      Watched this movie for David Mamet.
      David Mamet's main achievement is screenwriting.
      He wrote "Directing Lessons". Promoted the KISS principle, the famous film theory of shots. It's just keep it stupid, simple. "To make it look stupid, and simple."
      (Of course, I think it suits a lot of things.)

      At the beginning of the film, Jack Nicholson's Frank, in the dark, hitches a ride. In the early morning, they got to a gas station and Frank said to the owner, "Thank you for...

    • By Suzanne 2022-03-17 08:01:01

      I still think the title is like Hitch

      I also thought the title was like a Hitchcoco movie, or at least a detective movie, but it wasn't.

      It was a romance, it had to be a romance—a romance during the Great Depression. If you take this into account, it can't be regarded as murder, it can only be said that society is redistributing wealth in some way. The same elements, old husbands and young wives, history will continue to repeat itself. But since it is made into a movie, it will have a bit of fate. . . I really like the...

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    • By Eldon 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      This version weakened the taste of film noir, increased the role of the male lead, but cut off the final cell scene. The sex scenes are handled without any scruples, and they are fragrant and explicit (the credit of Lange alone). The coquettish Lange is good, but the 46 version is in the center of the vortex, and the lustful Lana Turner is even more dazzling. Then whoever thought of letting Nicholson play the male lead, it was so inappropriate, realized how rare John Garfield's handsomeness and...

    • By Luther 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      The question comes from "Ring the doorbell twice if you are in danger". The female lead is really sincere in her feelings, so that the audience will not have any moral bottom line at all, and will not sympathize with her unfortunate husband. Instead, they are mourning the fate of the heroine. In the end, the heroine died in a car accident, which is both politically correct and corresponding to murder. "You have to do two things, first, follow your nature, and second," interrupted by a knock on...

    • By Deontae 2022-03-27 09:01:21

      The first half was great, but the ending was too...

    • By Dagmar 2022-03-27 09:01:21

      The literary love story of Pan Jinlian and Ximen...

    • By Clementine 2022-03-27 09:01:21

      The difference from the 41 version is not a Hitchcock, adding a few black lights and blind love scenes is a film noir? In the same two hours, the narrative of the 41 version is smooth and rhythmic, while the narrative of the remake version is discrete and lengthy without any sense of horror, and it will not help to find Jack...

    Background creation

    The Postman Always Rings Twice has been adapted into a film three times before: the first in 1939, with Pierre Chenard in France for The Last Twice; the second in 1942, in Italy The Lucino Visconti made The Fall without Jimmy Caan 's consent, resulting in the film's release in the United States in 1975; the third was by American director Tye Garnett The 1981 version and the 1946 version tell the same story, but their focus is...
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    Evaluation action

    The main conflict in The Postman Always Rings Twice centers on Cora's escape from the shackles of married life. She is a typical femme fatale, in the process of constantly refusing to suppress and pursuing happiness, she reflects the awakening of female consciousness unique to typical female images in film noir.
    Secondly, Cora's tragic ending reflects that women face many obstacles on the road of seeking freedom and self-liberation, and...
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    Movie quotes

    • Frank Chambers: What are you, uh, Greek or something?

      Cora: What... do I look Greek?

    • Cora: You're scum, Frank!

      [laughs]

      Cora: I knew that when I met you... You'll never change.

    • Cora: All I know is, it went dark... If he'd have turned around, Frank, they'd have hanged us for it... and something... something put that cop there... It's an act of God those lights went out!